On this week’s episode of The FORBcast, we discuss the intersection of freedom of religion or belief and popular culture by looking at the beloved RomCom "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." We talk about how characters in the movie represent the plight of real people throughout history, as well as examine religious freedom in Greece today.

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A big thank you to all of our sources for this week’s information:

https://greekreporter.com/2019/04/21/april-21-1967-a-date-most-greeks-want-to-forget/

https://www.meetinthessaloniki.eu/en/the-military-junta-in-greece-1967-1974/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/06/turkish-invasion-divided-cyprus-40-years-on-eyewitness-greek-cypriot-family

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/europe/cyprus-reunification-talks.html

https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-08-07/greece-turns-back-religious-minorities#:~:text=The%20Greek%20constitution%20says%20that,of%20worship%20for%20all%20faiths.&text=The%20Greek%20government%20has%20not,Turkish%20Ottoman%20Empire%20in%201821.

https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/statement-persecution-greek-orthodox-community-greece

https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/greece/

https://freedomhouse.org/country/greece/freedom-world/2020

https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2020/10/31/the-trinity-the-prevailing-religion-and-the-greek-constitution/

https://www.britannica.com/place/Greece/The-Goudi-coup

https://www.mfa.gov.tr/high-level-cooperation-council-meeting-between-turkey-and-greece.en.mfa#:~:text=The%204th%20High%20Level%20Cooperation,Davuto%C4%9Flu%20and%20Greek%20Prime%20Minister.