Added: Apr 26, 2008
From: Lillymill
Duration: 1:34
Everyone should have realized by now that there's something fishy going on with this whole hijab ban charade in Kosovo, especially since its official religion is Islam. What's more amazing is that nobody noticed that the main protagonist, Fatmire Jashari, has the same last name as her high school "Hamez Jashari". Nobody bothered to look this name up and mention that the high school was named after the brother and comrade of Adem Jashari, the infamous founder and commander of Kosovo Liberation Army who took part in mass lootings of military supplies during the 1997 rebellion in Albania which he smuggled to Kosovo over Serbian border and who is directly responsible for latent ethnic cleansing of Serbian civilians in Kosovo during the period of more than twenty years. Three students were suspended from school in Kosovo this week for wearing Muslim headscarves, reflecting a debate that is echoing across Europe and complicating the province's quest for independence. (Nebi Qena, AP/Santa Barbara News Press) Monday, September 24, 2007 SRBICA, Serbia (AP) - Three students were suspended from school in Kosovo this week for wearing Muslim headscarves, reflecting a debate that is echoing across Europe and complicating the province's quest for independence. The argument over whether secular society should trump religious rights is similar to those taking place in France, Turkey, Britain and elsewhere. But some in the breakaway Serb province fear its bid for statehood could suffer if Kosovo is perceived as overly Islamic. ''Not only does religion damage the quest for independence, it damages our entire concept,'' said Rexhep Ismajli, the head of Kosovo's Academy of Science, a body that includes the province's leading thinkers. ''It damages Kosovo's society, it damages our vision.'' Fatmire Jashari, 18, was suspended from her high school in the central Kosovar town of Srbica - a former stronghold of the now-disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army, the guerrilla group that fought Serb forces in the 1998-1999 war. ''I hope I won't be pushed to choose between the two,'' she said. ''But if I am, I will choose the headscarf.'' Another girl in Fatmire's school and a student in a different school were also suspended this week. Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians are mostly Muslim, although they are largely secular. The province's governmental institutions, which are supervised by a United Nations administration, are careful not to associate themselves with Islam, fearing that a strong Muslim identity could harm the province's quest for independence from Serbia, a predominantly Orthodox Christian country. Some countries in Europe remain hesitant to accede to the ethnic Albanian majority's demands for independence, and analysts in Kosovo have raised concerns that this skepticism is due in part to Kosovo's Islamic heritage. Western intelligence reports have suggested that Muslim-dominated regions in Bosnia and Kosovo could be recruitment grounds for the so-called ''white al-Qaida'' - Muslims with Western features who could blend into European or U.S. cities and execute terrorist attacks. Meanwhile, the debate over what kind of country Kosovo will be - if it becomes a country - continues. ''It was easy to proclaim adherence to the democratic principles of the West in during the repression of the Serb regime,'' said Dukagjin Gorani, an ethnic Albanian commentator. ''But when the West actually came to Kosovo, people started going to mosques. This will not necessarily make Kosovo a religious state, but it will certainly start a heated debate on what it should be.'' http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565090552505567397
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icetrout2 Says:
May 11, 2008 - Now this one I just don't get at all.When I was younger and a Roman all the women in church wore headscarves. I always thought it was a european thing.lol
Lillymill Says:
May 12, 2008 - I think there's a similar custom still present today in some Orthodox Christian churches but it's somehow always related exclusively to church interior. I'm not sure why.
icetrout2 Says:
May 12, 2008 - Crancki-one middle eastern superstition is just as retarded as another.They all need to move into the 21st century their keeping the rest of us back:[
historiands Says:
May 14, 2008 - Headscarf is a symbol of modesty. If Muslims are invited to "get on board" by abandoning the headscarf (khimar), it would be good to invite the Christians to get on board too by abandoning their necklaces with the Cross at the end of it. Let's not forget other religions and their symbols. Why pick only at Muslims? And, so much for freedom of religion in Kosovo. American kids can freely wear their khimars and crosses at school :) If kids want schooling these symbols will not interfere.
Lillymill Says:
May 14, 2008 - Exactly, instead of teaching kids tolerance, they're giving them a lesson in religious chauvinism.
Code2Quest Says:
May 31, 2008 - To answer both of You wearing a headscarf is mostly seen as a muslim tradition but yes you have seen it on christian and catholics also but thats because its The same religion you must have a complete understanding of religion to see that Islam says Christians are people of the book but they have lost their ways this is why it should not surprise you if you see similarities Because they are from the same GOD. assalamu alaikum
TonyMontana80 Says:
Jun 2, 2008 - (Kosovo) Albanians are nothing but azz lickers. They love Bush more than americans do ! Those albanians belong to the same category as South koreans and southern vietnamese = Coward-Opportunistic fags. A true muslim does not wave USA Flag especially when a Bush is in the oval office.
TonyMontana80 Says:
Jun 2, 2008 - (Kosovo) Albanians are scum ! They are nothing but traitors , oppurtinistic fags. They kizz Bushs azz more than his own people. I do not like serbs too much but: Kosovo Belongs to Serbia.
aaweis22 Says:
Jun 22, 2008 - every1 is fighting islam y?? muslims r being denigrated coz of their faith where's DEMOCRACY? wht hapnd 2it..the so caled THE WEST who promote DEMOCRACY r the ones that degrading islam..well ISLAM is here 2 stay and they incresing by numbers every day!!
darkalimamuri Says:
Jul 3, 2008 - This is called double standard. If a muslim country asks nuns to remove scarf then it would violation of human rights. United nations is nothing but a tool of jews. Just think a christian in Korea is asked to eat dog as it is a delicacey there.
Lillymill Says:
Jul 3, 2008 - What Jews have to do with this?
popeyesavera Says:
Jul 11, 2008 - When they are in trouble the albanian uses to ask for Muslim support.......but when they don't need us, they pass their time insultin' us !!!
Gazzettari Says:
Jul 17, 2008 - your worng! Only albanians who are catholic or atheist, insult muslims! I love all muslims and i'm ALBANIAN!
1bilderberg Says:
Jul 20, 2008 - I am from Albania & I grow up in an atheist country!I never have seen in my life a mosque or a church till the moment that both of them were build in my native city in 2001! Personally I don't like religions at all,I am Atheist, they don't rappresent me and my Albanian culture! All these religions are danger for Albania because in the last years there are camming religious people from abroud that are doctrinating people using all kind of ways, even their poverty payng them money!
1bilderberg Says:
Jul 20, 2008 - For me as Albanian and for my atheist family and friends those religions are foreing elements in albanian society and culture, and we don't have nothing in commun with this kind of forma mentis(mental way of thinking)! I don't like these religions in my country, I don't want this shit to be part of my country, and I will fight till this foreing religious elements get out from Albania forever!!
Lillymill Says:
Jul 20, 2008 - You mean, foreign religious churches and cult missionaries? I remember watching a video about them. We also had a flood of those in Serbia during sanctions in 90s. They pretend to be there to offer humanitarian aid but they usually require people to convert to their religion/cult in order to receive relief packages.
KOSOVAR77 Says:
Jul 28, 2008 - put her back in school and let her waer a hijabb
KOSOVAR77 Says:
Jul 28, 2008 - hey tony what u sayin im kosovar and im muslim and proud and definently not a fag.
TaskiyahEmaani Says:
Jul 29, 2008 - so much for western tolerance of religious identity, so much for respect for women. its nothing but HYPOCRISY
Grrranit Says:
Jul 31, 2008 - Oh my god that is so respectless, they should let her wear a scarfe and let her atend to school with it. I mean, look at Germany or France they are both non-islamic countries and let their islamic female students wear a scarfe and why should that be different in an islamic country
kushtrim25 Says:
Aug 2, 2008 - My family is muslim formaly but in heart we are christians .Today muslim religion is not strong and will never be .We dont need primitive culture (religoin)of Arabs --we need religon that has respect about true Albanian culture .
anonymmus1981 Says:
Aug 9, 2008 - Primitive? Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Damman, Bahrein, Oman...are more primitive than Tirana??? If you don´t want to be muslims, ok, it´s all right, we don´t care. But, please, go out from the Islamic Conference...Oh! I forgot!! You need to fake you are muslims to get cheap oil, hahahah. Albania is the rubish of europe.
muslimfromkossova Says:
Aug 14, 2008 - selamu alejkum you now what kushtrim25 you lie cuz you ar enot muslim cuz albanian in majority are muslim and we will be till the day of judgment and go and look islam is strong in kosova now.allahu akbar you kafirs cant doo anything cuz allah swt will help oss in this deen religion.
freemediaa Says:
Aug 21, 2008 - lool
daimin90 Says:
May 4, 2008 - oh what he said at the end makes sense on my they are trying to not make kosovo albanian muslims look to islamic haha i think its horrible and fucking stupid that these idiots are oppressing their own people.