As all Greeks I grew up angry with
Turkey for the no respect to the biggest
orthodox Christian church in Istanbul Hagia Sophia , and generally to
the Byzantine culture.
Yesterday I went to the Mosque in monastiraki square in Athens, to estimate
how we (the more civilized) have respected their cultural deferens in Mosque .I saw small stores
around and the minaret destroyed many years ago up to the foundation, and in his
place illegal shops . In the entrance of the Mosque an employee from the
Ministry of Culture, sells tickets to
see inside. Into the mosque there is an exhibition of new Creek ceramics ,because
there are left only the walls without any text from its cultural past!!. .
Reading the history of the mosque I
found out that there had been uses in the past with no respect, like military
music rehearsals!! and I am persuaded
that at least we had a similar behave with our neighbors in Istanbul.
In Balkan and specially in Bosnia and Herzegovina
But in Albania in Kosovo, Macedonia (skopia) and in Bulgaria we have valuable
presence of Muslim populations,
in minorities and in majorities, and as we will underestimate their culture,
as they will be challenged to be united in opposite organizations of hate
I propose to start an attack of
love in Mmonasthraki square, by reconstructing their mosque first here in
Athens the Capital city of the
international civilization? I estimate that we are going to have a better revenue.
There is a verbal of the wise people <<what ever goes comes>>. And
we could take back a similar behave for Agia Sofia the church in Istanbul, the
other great city of cultural past of OUR
Balkan country.
Athens only with her Acropolis is representing a big portion of the
international civilization. I estimate that we are driven and we HAVE.. TO degrade
religious dogmatism, with basic knowing and respect of the different religious
view and ritual.
A Jews association would undertake to be made in monasthraki a simple synagogue close to the orthodox church,
for Tourists who would want to watch their ritual every Saturday and to have information by a brochure for the history of their Passover (Easter)
from Egypt to the promised land, and their story of the ten commands .
In the church of virgin Mary
every Sunday a modern orthodox association to do the same with the basic texts
of Christianity And after the reconstruction of the Mosque to have a Muslim ritual too, every Friday and with a brochure
to inform for the basic rules of Islam
.Could be needed (maybe)some rules like no bells in Sundays, and megaphones of
Islamic psalms in Fridays also no kneeling bow prays outside of the mosque In the square.
There is also a roman library near the mosque with big free space in the
foot of Acropolis, there an association of twelve gods could represent the
ancient ritual and to circulate brochures in English too with the rules of the
faith and the Delphic commands. In the same place and an other day could be a Buddhist
ritual, and in another day an Hindu one ,and maybe in another day a six etc.
I estimate that when our education
in all Balkan countries, could have a general information for all religions, spending
teaching time as less as possible, we will be driven in a friendly cultural
past, with a common future in scientist interest. I believe that an action like this with an international campaign for awareness,
could make Athens the most popular touristic destination of the planet.
the Mosque inside
