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Of the area corresponding to the contemporary wider Shkodër region, settlements that listed Slavophone populations within them had the following ethnic and religious demographics: [6] Koplik (12 settlements counted as one) - 199 households, 1429 people: 1427 Albanians, 2 Serbo-Croats; 2 Orthodox, 1427 Muslims.
Ethnic groups whose members are mostly adherents of Islam are: Bosniaks, ethnic Muslims, Albanians, and Gorani. A significant number of Roma people are also adherents of Islam. Predominantly Muslim Albanians who boycotted the census in 2011 decided to participate in 2022 census.
According to the United States Department of State's 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, religion and ethnicity are often linked. [3]: 2 The majority of ethnic Albanians are Muslim, while some are Catholic and Protestant; almost all ethnic Serbs belong to the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC).
In the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac Albanians form the majority of population (93.7% in Preševo and 62% in Bujanovac according to the 2022 census). In the municipality of Medveđa, Albanians are second largest ethnic group (after Serbs), and their participation in this municipality was 32% in 1981 census, 28.67% in 1991 and 26.17% in 2002. [3]
The Three-finger salute, also called the "Serb salute", is a popular expression for ethnic Serbs and Serbia, originally expressing Serbian Orthodoxy and today simply being a symbol for ethnic Serbs and the Serbian nation, made by extending the thumb, index, and middle fingers of one or both hands.
The amendments criticized do not include jailing or forced declaration of ethnicity or religion; only a fine is envisioned which can be overthrown by court. [15] [16] Greek representatives form part of the Albanian parliament and the government has invited Albanian Greeks to register, as the only way to improve their status. [17]
Kosovo was a former Serbian province until a 78-day NATO bombing campaign in 1999 ended a war between Serbian government forces and ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo and pushed Serbian forces ...
Islam is the most common religion in Albania, ... in North Albania and in Serbia. [26] ... an ethnic Albanian, visited the country in 1989, where she was received in ...