ABSTRACT
The issue of minority discourse in contemporary Greek politics seems to oscillate between two poles: disapproval of cultural diversity within the country and a forced tolerance towards minority rights. The moral value of minority rights is either contested or regarded with suspicion. The threat of strategic minorities is even today omnipresent and overwhelmingly related to irredentist claims. In Greek, the word for discourse is logos, a word carrying a double meaning. It can denote reason or cause. The minority of Western Thrace has been recognized as a religious minority and is classified as such by the Greek administration. The status must be acknowledged by and bound to the legal framework of the state. Once the minority's existence is established in the public forum, it must then put forth a claim for protection. The chapter discusses that the minority cause in Greece, from a human rights perspective, oscillates between difference and indifference.
