Mark
pre 16 godina
Ilir, I can see how reading such an extensive (though not nearly complete) list of religious sites your people destroyed can hurt, and as you say, the truth hurts even for Albanians.
In regards to your comments, I will begin by asking you to explain how a church built in the 14th century (1300's) was built under Ottoman occupation, which only included Kosovo by 1459 under Mehmed 2. This means that despite the battle of Kosovo taking place in 1389, the Ottomans were not occupiers of Serbia until the 15th century. A great deal of the religous sites attacked by Albanians are from the 14th century and older. Also, the Ottomans used a millet system which allowed 'infidels' or non-muslims to keep their religion and continue building churches, etc. ( Christianity), but these non-Muslims were subjects called raya (ie. cattle) and they had to pay much higher taxes than Muslims. However, the Ottomans, as brutal as they were, had some level of respect for the religious beliefs of their subjects, enough respect not to simply destroy their churches and holy sites because they were non-Muslim or non-Turk.
And in regards to your comments on Albanians in the Ottoman Empire; after being conquered by Turks less than 20 years after the Serbs were (1478), the majority of Albanians converted to Islam, and thus received preferential treatment in comparison to their fellow Greek, Serb and Bulgar Christians. In fact, this is why most Albanians didn't want to leave the Ottoman empire towards the end of their reign, while the Christian subjects (Greek, Serb, Bulgar..) all fought fiercly for independence.
It is well noted by global historians that Serbs represented the strongest source of resistance in the Ottoman Empire in Europe, which is why Austrians and Hungarians invited Serbs north to form a resistance on the borders btw. the empires.
Albanians, on the other hand, while they did resist Ottomans in isolated pockets following occupation, did not represent anywhere near the determination to be free that the Serbs did. And the Albanians were not forced to convert, neither were Bosnians. The Ottomans clearly allowed you to retain your religion after being conquered (Serbs/Greeks...) but treated you like a 2nd class citizen, and Albanians wanted better treatment so they converted.
And in the end, does it even matter if these ancient monasteries were built under the watch of the Turks or not? Does it make them less historic or old? No, actually you are trying to divert attention from the real issue; Albanian aggression towards Serbian historical sites. There is no justification for this, and UNESCO has expressed sincere concerns. The world is finally seeing through the fog of propaganda and realizing the dangers of granting Kosovo independence to people like you, who have no regrets about destroying historic religious sites and killing Serbs. In your eyes, Serbs = evil so anything bad you do to them or their culture is justified. There is no justification for such behavior, and defending it speaks volumes about your character.
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