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The diocese of Raska and Prizren, on the occasion of yesterday’s article in the Pristina Koha newspaper in which it stated that “the Serbs appropriated the Albanian medieval monuments in Kosovo”, said that such writing “openly and openly spreads ethnic hatred and religious towards the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija and according to their spiritual and cultural heritage. “
The diocese claims that the author of the text, history professor Bedri Muhadri, by way of open propaganda, without any argument confirmed by independent international historical sources, claims that the SOC shrines in this area are Arberian (Albanian) and allegedly not they are more than your usurped Roman Catholic Church. .
– The message is clear. The Serbian Orthodox Church should leave Kosovo and Metohija with their monks and their people and “liberate” their centuries-old shrines that should become Albanian monuments. In addition to the ethnic cleansing of 200,000 Serbs and non-Albanians since 1999, there is now an increasingly active denial and cleansing of the cultural identity of the Serbian people and our Church in the eyes of the international community, with the aim of completely erasing everything. trace of Serbian existence seen here. in every step of the centuries – announced the diocese.
They add that shameful texts, such as Kohin’s, do not contribute at all to the construction of a democratic society of equal citizens and the rights of all, and point even more clearly to the need for additional long-term protection of SOC shrines. regardless of the course and outcome of the political dialogue.
The diocese recalls that this pseudo-historical claim of Muhadri is not of recent origin, but has been continuously placed, especially in recent decades, by several Kosovo Albanian authors who see the SOC shrines as the greatest obstacle to the realization of the idea. of an ethnically pure Albanian Kosovo.
– Although neither this nor any other Kosovo historian can explain why Albanian extremists so ruthlessly destroyed the churches and monasteries they appropriated, smashed crosses, dug Christian graves, desecrated crucifixes and icons, if they are already so proud of Christians. tradition – it is written in the announcement of the diocese.
Lack of respect for Kosovo’s own laws and judicial decisions was therefore one of the topics of a high-level meeting between Belgrade and Pristina with the President of the United States, where all the signatories pledged to respect the laws. religious freedoms and the rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church, according to the diocese of Raska-Prizren.
It is emphasized that the Diocese and the entire Serbian Orthodox Church remain firmly convinced that our shrines in Kosovo and Metohija must not only be physically protected from violence and possible terrorist attacks, but especially from the increasingly aggressive institutional pressures and anarchy of Kosovo institutions and especially hate speech. it is being disseminated through some of the Kosovo media.
– Our Diocese has always been actively focused on building peace and dialogue, and that is why we especially address young Kosovar Albanians in the sense that the future must be built on tolerance, knowing and respecting others, the Diocese of Raska and Prizren said in a statement.
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