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	Albania - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Albania is on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Montenegro on the northwest, Serbia on the northeast, Macedonia on the east, and Greece on the southeast.
		Albania is rugged and mountainous, except for the fertile Adriatic coast.
		Albania was liberated from the Axis invaders without the aid of the Red Army or of direct Soviet military assistance, and received most of its war matériel from the Anglo-American command in Italy.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-albania.html (2188 words)

	Islam in Albania (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Albania, the last vestige of Stalinism in Europe, has finally succumbed to the will of her people, but why Albania (and to a lesser extent, Yugoslavia) has been denied the sympathy of the West is a question that needs to be answered.
		Albania has long been noted in the West as the "Tibet of Europe." Travelers to the country during the pre-communist era noted its rugged mountains, the intensely independent and tribalist nature of its rural population, and to Western eyes, its complete backwardness.
		If Islam in Albania had many such exponents as the Mullah, whose sincerity, courtesy and friendliness are praised by Marco Bizzi [a papal nuncio sent to Albania in the early 1600s], with whom he used to discuss religious questions, it may well have made its way (1979, The Preaching of Islam).
	members.tripod.com.cob-web.org:8888 /worldupdates/islamintheworld/id22.htm (3761 words)

	Country Pages: Albania
		Albania -- which means "Land of the Eagle" in Albanian -- is a country steeped in history.
		The natural environment of Albania reflects its location on the Adriatic Sea: the climate is largely dry and warm from April through October and winters are generally (though not always!) mild and rainy.
		The Fulbright Program in Albania is looking to attract scholars and professionals who want to immerse themselves in a new culture, work with students and faculty on issues in their specialty but also on larger issues of higher education reform and who relish challenge.
	www.cies.org /country/albania.htm (869 words)

	Islam in Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Muslims of Albania are divided into two main communities: those associated with Sunni Islam and those associated with the Bektashis (a particularly form of sufism).
		In the North, the spread of Islam was slower as the Roman Catholic Church was strong and the mountainous terrain slowed the influx of Ottoman influences.
		In November 2005 a speech from Albania's president in London, aroused huge public protests from Muslim organizations and The Muslim Forum of Albaniathat accused the president of insulting Islam.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Islam_in_Albania (1564 words)

	Islam - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Muslims hold that Islam is essentially the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to mankind since Adam, with the Qur'ān (the one definitive text of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God.
		As of January 1926, their final ruling on the matter of the origins of the Bahá'í Faith and its relationship to Islam was that the Bahá'í Faith was neither a sect of Islam, nor a religion based on Islam, but a clearly defined, independently founded faith.
		Albania is said to have the highest proportion of Muslims as part of its population in Europe (70%), although this figure is only an estimate (see Islam in Albania).
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Islam (5315 words)

	Carolina Seminar for Comparative Islamic Studies
		Albania is a member of the Islamic Conference, which has caused a great dispute in Albanian political circles.
		Albania is a country of transit for Iranians and Kurds on their way to Italy, so some participation by Islamic groups in the KLA should be expected.
		As for Serbia and Albania, the two have always been separate, but we have seen elsewhere in the world that simply dividing Kosovo in two would not be a successful solution.
	www.unc.edu /depts/islamsem/981117.shtml (1957 words)

	Albania: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Albania is situated on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, with Montenegro and Serbia to the north, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south.
		In spring 1999, Albania was heavily involved in the affairs of its fellow ethnic Albanians to the north, in Kosovo.
		Albania served as an outpost for NATO troops and took in approximately 440,000 Kosovar refugees, about half the total number of ethnic Albanians who were driven from their homes in Kosovo.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107268.html (1003 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Albania’s Islamic Rebirth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dashi says the edict was issued only because the chief of Albania's institute of architectural preservation convinced the Communists that the destruction had to be stopped.
		Having escaped from Albania in 1953 after one of his brothers was jailed for political crimes, he settled in Detroit and went into the restaurant business, eventually becoming the owner of seven McDonald's fast-food franchises.
		For President Sali Berisha, the key to Albania's future success is unwavering respect for human rights, as well as guaranteed religious freedom for all citizens and renewed faith in God.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199204/albania.s.islamic.rebirth.htm (2909 words)

	ALBANIANS AND ISLAM
		According to Albania’s 1957 census, 73% of its population is Muslim (60% are Sunni, while the rest Bektashi), 14% Orthodox and 10% Catholics.
		Albania’s new generation of believers and imams has often, been insistent on better shaping their all-representing institution and having a democratic representation in it.
		The examples of the socialist establishment’s arrogance towards Islam were seen even in 27 November 2004, when the brave Mufti of Tirana, Bledar Myftari, demanded from the state to return to the Muslims Community their properties and stop the process of confiscation.
	www.geocities.com /djalosh/albanians.htm (5532 words)

	Islam, the Modern World, and the West
		Islam in Algeria from the Country Studies at the US Library of Congress, written in 1993, this is an excellent survey of the history of Islam in Algeria from the 7th century until today.
		Islam in Modern Indonesia A Conference Cosponsored by the United States-Indonesia Society and the Asia Foundation, February 7, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Among the information included at this webpage is the executive summary of the conference as well as detailed summaries of all of the scholarly presentations.
		Islam in Indonesia: The Dissemination of Religious Authority in the 20th Century is an extensive program of research combining the efforts of a number of scholars and academic institutions, among which is the The Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden.
	www.uga.edu /islam/countries.html (11155 words)

	Islam in Albania
		Islam gave them a way to God without the entanglements of intermediaries and without the complex theological doctrines that typified medieval Christianity.
		Prominent Vizirs and Pashas hailed from Albania, and were appointed to their posts long before the majority of Albanians professed Islam.
		Albania's territorial integrity was insured by the Great Powers, albeit not without a price.
	members.tripod.com /worldupdates/islamintheworld/id22.htm (3761 words)

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		According to Albania’s 1967 census, 73% of its population is Muslim (70% are Sunni, while the rest are suffi and Bektashi followers), 14% Orthodox and 10% Catholics.
		Albania’s newly established communist government had West’s consent and backing on demolishing the newly established Islamic organizations in the country and slowing the process of re-Islamization of Albanians.
		Albania’s (Byzantine) national flag of the two-headed eagles is a living witness of its fragile duality in history.
	www.muslimtents.com /aminahsworld/Albanians.html (3566 words)

	[Alb-Islam] English: "ALBANIA UNDER THE SHADOW OF GREECE", by Dr. Ismail Bardhi
		ALBANIA UNDER THE SHADOW OF GREECE by Dr. Ismail Bardhi Albania’s main problem, as a problem in itself, is the one that it still doesn’t want to rely on its own freedom, independence and statehood, be it on state or in cultural and national aspect.
		By entering from "totalitarism" to "democracy" Albania experienced the shuddering of the time, by blemishing the national being and the state itself with non-culturism, non-religionism and alike.
		There is no need to say anything about the case of Fatos Nano and his socialism, knowing that he got his freedom by the rebels as a "fugitive" from prison as a criminal, by appearing afterwards on the political scene in the center of Greece.
	www.alb-net.com /pipermail/alb-islam/1999-December/000006.html (701 words)

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		The Grand Mufti is one of a handful of Albanian Muslim intellectuals left after the catastrophic destruction of Islam by communists in the country.
		Albania experiences all this difficulty although the minimum wage in Albania is only $30 per month.
		The edifice of Islam in Albania is slowly being rebuilt.
	www.naqshbandi.org /events/globe97/Albania_Kosova/kosova.htm (985 words)

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