Greece Changes Approval Policy For Building Of Minority Houses Of Worship

In Greece, the head of the Jewish community praised Parliament's passage of a law that eliminates control by the Greek Orthodox Church over building of synagogues and houses of worship by other non-Orthodox groups, according to yesterday's European Jewish Press. Religious bodies must now submit applications to the Education and Religious Affairs Ministry. The head of Greece's Jewish community supported further amendments to Greek law: "Our next goal is to have the rabbis paid by the government like the clergy of the Christians and Muslims, for the sake of equality which is outlined in the Greek constitution." (See prior posting.)