Shariah Law Puts Greece at Odds with European Court—and With Turkey - News Summed Up

Shariah Law Puts Greece at Odds with European Court—and With Turkey


KOMOTINI, Greece—In this sliver of land on the border with Turkey, about 100,000 Greek citizens live with a relic of Greece’s historically fraught relations with its neighbor: Shariah law. In Western Thrace, Shariah law is enforced for Muslim citizens, making Greece the world’s only non-Muslim country that officially applies laws grounded in the Islamic faith.


Source: Wall Street Journal December 08, 2017 10:30 UTC



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