The need to create a Muslim cemetery in Attica was reiterated today in a press conference by the Afghan Community in Greece, the Pakistani Community of Greece “The Unity”, SYRIZA MPs and the Movement United Against Racism and the Fascist Threat (KEERFA).
The request is led by the Fagiri family, whose five-year-old child died tragically in January 2021 in the accommodation structure of Malakasa by the wheels of a truck and was buried in his cemetery. Schistou.
The parents demand that justice be done for the death of their child, that his body be transferred to the Muslim cemetery of Thrace, but also that a Muslim cemetery be created in Attica.
The “present” in the press conference were given by the SYRIZA MPs, George Psychogios, Nikos Filis and Costas Zachariadis.
Nikos Filis spoke of “contracting interests”, due to which the request for the creation of a Muslim cemetery in Schistos, during the period of SYRIZA’s rule, did not proceed. «This cemetery is a matter of democratic order, a matter of respect for human rights“, He added.
George Psychogios pointed out that “the conditions and societies are mature” to implement this request and said that SYRIZA brought the issue to Parliament but did not receive a response from the government. He added that “the framework in which we work is negative, a framework of deportations, a framework of exclusion of thousands of people from citizenship and a setback of the country in terms of rights.”
Costas Zachariadis stressed that the creation of a Muslim cemetery “is an obligation for every country, for every state, for every democracy that wants to respect first of all itself and its citizens” and called for “the wider mobilization and mobilization of every democrat.” , liberal, of the Left and the values ​​that his neighbor wants to make his choices and to be respected “.
The lawyer of the Fagiri family, Nikos Papadatos, underlined that “the Church of Greece itself has been in favor of the creation of a Muslim cemetery, but has stuck to the bureaucracy” and called for a political decision that would simplify the relevant procedures.
Finally, the municipal councilor of Athens with the ANTARSYA faction and head of KEERFA, Petros Konstantinou, pointed out that he had contacted the responsible deputy mayor of the municipality of Athens and asked the issue of creating a Muslim cemetery in Schistos to be discussed in the council.
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