Alexia Tsagari
'We're Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place': Refugees in Greece React to the Attacks in Brussels
"We came to Europe to escape jihadists only to find they are ruining people's lives here too."
Greece's Muslim Immigrants Are Ashamed of Their Prison Tattoos
In most Muslim countries, tattoos are considered makrouh — that is, they aren’t illegal per se, but it’s generally best to avoid them.
Greece's Muslim Immigrants Are Ashamed of Their Prison Tattoos
Mohsen, like most Muslims, believes that permanent tattoos are haram, or forbidden. In Iran, the government dubs anyone with a tattoo a criminal, and the punishment for getting one can be up to six months in prison and a hundred lashings.