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# Muslims vs. Mother T.
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4324/
- Published: 2006-03-31T13:54:05.000Z
- Updated: 2006-03-31T13:54:05.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Probably doesn't need any comment from me. From a March 29th Reuters news report:

> Muslims in Shkoder, in northern Albania, are opposing plans to erect a statue to the Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa, an ethnic Albanian who is in line for elevation to sainthood by the Vatican.

> The dispute is unusual for Albania, where religion was banned for 27 years under the dictator Enver Hoxha and where religious harmony and mixed marriages are the norm.

> Seventy percent of the population are liberal Muslims, and the rest are Christian Orthodox and Catholic.

> But Muslim groups in Shkoder rejected the local council's plan for a statue of Teresa, saying it "would offend the feelings of Muslims."

> "We do not want this statue to be erected in a public place because we see her as a religious figure," said Bashkim Bajraktari, Shkoder's mufti, or Muslim religious leader. "If there must be a statue, let it be in a Catholic space."

> Several residents said they felt that there was an underground effort to treat Shkoder as a Catholic town, ignoring its majority Muslim community. Shkoder's Muslims recently protested against placement of crosses on prominent hilltops