Proto Thema
In Greece's most widely read Sunday paper, Proto Thema, an article reported about breaches of coronavirus rules at a wedding reception in the city of Alexandroupoli, highlighting in the headline the religion of the bride and groom. ⠀
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What relevance was the religion of the people? Did it also highlight the many non-Muslim weddings which also broke restrictions?⠀
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Reports like this one criminalise an already marginalised group, and creates, among readers, a vast overestimation of the proportion of Muslims disregarding the rules. Proto Thema took the story from a regional news site, Evros-News, which mentioned only once, in the text, the religion of the people participating at the wedding, and which did not use any anti-Muslim terms or covert disparaging comments. ⠀
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Considering that local news outlets have often reported about other wedding celebrations where COVID-19 rules have been breached, why has Proto Thema chosen to single out this wedding by labelling it as Muslim?
