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A Muslim tourist has sparked an online debate after posting a viral video in which he advises other Muslims against visiting Greece, claiming he didn\u2019t find a mosque or halal food during a holiday on a Greek island.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The solo traveller<\/strong><\/a>, who said he had recently returned from Morocco, complained that he could find only one restaurant offering halal food during his stay. He also questioned whether he could trust the establishment because it operated as a bar as well as a restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t make this mistake. If you\u2019re Muslim, don\u2019t go to Greece,\u201d he said in the video, which has attracted international attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The video also reached the United States, where a Newsforce presenter<\/a> criticised the tourist\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are 55 Muslim countries where you can eat halal. In Greece, they make delicious pork gyros, not halal,\u201d the presenter said, before making an insulting remark about the tourist.<\/p>\n

The video prompted a wave of comments from Greek and international social media users, many of whom supported Greece\u2019s culinary traditions and challenged the traveller\u2019s criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you very much for your post. You saved us the trouble of banning you from anywhere in our country, by asking your Muslim colleagues to ban themselves from entering! You\u2019re doing us a great favour!\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n

Another user, identifying as Greek, simply commented: \u201cAs a Greek, I agree. Don\u2019t come.\u201d<\/p>\n

A third compared the complaint to seeking pork in Saudi Arabia, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s like looking for pork in Saudi Arabia. Don\u2019t go; you have nothing to do in Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another international user welcomed the video, writing: \u201cI\u2019m sure the people of Greece would hope for more videos like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNever go to Greece as a Muslim. So I had just come back from Morocco and I was like, let me go on a solo trip, one man up to Greece. And I went to an island in Greece and basically the whole time I just stayed up. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why is because in this island, number one, there\u2019s no masjids (mosques) in the whole island. Number two, there\u2019s no halal food in the whole island. Literally the only \u201chalal\u201d food that I found was some restaurant that was a bar at the same time. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSo how can I trust that? I was literally eating Margherita pizza the whole time. Number three, I was thinking this is going to be a good detox location. It\u2019s an island, there\u2019s the beach, I can just chill, go swimming. How can it be more busy and more loud than anywhere in London? Turns out I just landed in an island full of English people.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be honest, never again in my life. You know, I genuinely don\u2019t understand how people enjoy this life. If you\u2019re going to travel, go do things. How can you go on holiday to go to the exact same place that you left, but just as a party area? Never again. If you\u2019re Muslim, never go to these islands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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