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[15] [16] [14] Sufi lodges , Muslim theological schools and Islamic libraries sustained damage or destruction resulting in the loss of rare books, manuscripts and other collections of literature. [17] [18] Archives belonging to the Islamic Community of Kosovo with records spanning 500 years were also destroyed.
The Islamic Community of Kosovo (ICK; Albanian: Bashkësia Islame e Kosovës), is an independent religious organization of Muslims in Kosovo and the Preševo Valley. The community's headquarters are located in Pristina and their current leader, the Grand Mufti ( Albanian : Kryemyftiu ), is Naim Tërnava.
According to the 2012 European Social Survey, the population of Kosovo was about 88% Muslim, 5.8% Catholic, 2.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.9% irreligious, 0.1% Protestant and 0.4% another religion. [8] In 2010, according to Pew Research Center, Kosovo had 93.8% Muslims and 6.1% Christians (mainly Orthodox but also Catholics and even Protestants).
[246] [181] [182] Kosovar society is strongly secularised and is ranked first in Southern Europe and ninth in the world as free and equal for tolerance towards religion and atheism. [247] [248] In the 2011 census, 95.6% of the population of Kosovo was counted as Muslim and 3.7% as Christian including 2.2% as Roman Catholic and 1.5% as Eastern ...
Secularism in Kosovo has a complex history and is influenced by political and social developments in the country. Since the declaration of independence in 2008 , Kosovo has followed a clear course towards the separation of religion from the state , promoting freedom of belief and human rights .
Independence for ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo came on Feb. 17, 2008, almost a decade after a guerrilla uprising against repressive Serbian rule. Serbia, however, still formally deems Kosovo to ...
Islamic Community of Kosovo (Albanian:Bashkësia Islame e Kosovës) is an institution or a community, which is independent for Kosovar Muslims. This community aims to organize the life of Muslims in Kosovo on the basis of Islamic law, which under their responsibility itself has mosques and imams of these mosques, madrases and an Islamic science ...
But in Kosovo, which is more than 90-percent Muslim, Prime Minister Kurti faces objections from some of his own lawmakers including Islamic conservatives who have blocked past efforts to pass the ...