Islam in Kosovo
Islam in Kosovo is the majority religion and has a long-standing tradition dating back to the Ottoman Turkish conquest of the Balkans. Before the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the entire Balkan region had been Christianized by both the Western and Eastern Roman Empire. From 1389 until 1912, Kosovo was officially governed by the Muslim Ottoman Empire and a high level of Islamization occurred among Catholic and Orthodox Albanians, mainly due to Sufi orders and socio-political opportunism. Both Christian and Muslim Albanians intermarried and some lived as "Laramans", also known as Crypto-Christians.[1]
Islam In Kosovo Media
Map showing percent of Islamic Faith in Kosovo, 2011
Bajrakli Mosque, Peja.
Praying at the mosque in Obiliq.
Sufi ceremony at the Sheh Emin Teqe, Gjakova
References
- ↑ Reineck, Janet. Neighbors at War: Anthropological Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture, and History (in en)Penn State Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-271-04435-4. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
