Aleks
pre 13 godina
"But Albanians here keep claiming that that first of all they embrace Albanism, whatever that is, and then they are secular Muslims."
Milan,
There is alot of truth to that. There have been recent reports that villages in Kosovo have been wholly converting to catholicism, though how much of it is actually true and whether it consititutes a trend is another question.
Conversion to catholicism and back is not new either. From BIRN:
http://kosovo.birn.eu.com/en/1/70/4101/
"Most Albanians converted to Catholicism and the Albanian hero, Skanderbeg, was one of the great heroes of 15th century Europe for his staunch defence of Christian Albania from the invading Turks.
But after the Ottoman Turks conquered the Balkans, Albanians steadily shifted their religious orientation towards the new dominant faith, and a large proportion of the country converted to Islam....Large swathes of poorer, more mountainous territory in the north of Albania proper, where the reach of the Ottoman authorities was weaker, remained Catholic. Overall, Catholics remain far more numerous in Albania than in Kosovo."
There are quite a few Malësori (catholic albanians) in Tuzi (Mn) and those accused of terrorism back in 2007 were catholics, so again, 'albanianism' is always first.
They remind me of the seagulls at the end of 'Nemo' squaking "mine, mine, mine, mine" ad nauseam.
As to why some albanian commenters want kosovo to join albania, you have to question their sanity as Albania is an even bigger dysfunctional pit that Kosovo where the politicians are like ferrets fighting each other in a bag:
EU Concern Over Political Situation in Albania
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/28748/
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