The Greek constitution says that while Orthodox Christianity is the ‘prevailing’ religion of Greece, the state guarantees freedom of worship for all faiths. But it doesn’t look that way to many who aren’t Orthodox Christians, including Muslims who are forced to worship in an unofficial basement mosque in Athens. A government plan to build an official mosque has been stalled for more than a decade. At a nearby cafe, some local residents say they’re unhappy about their Muslim neighbours . ‘If they build the mosque here in the neighbourhood I would oppose it along with many others,’ a resident said. ‘But if they want to build it on the top of a mountain I would have no problem.’ The battle over the Athens mosque has been complicated by Greece’s problem with illegal immigration. ‘I don’t want to send the message to illegal immigrants that Greece is a friendly place for illegal immigrations.’