# Albanian Muslims Burning Serbian Churches?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390 "2004-03-20T14:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390/1 "2004-03-20T14:19:44Z")

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I just heard a fragment of the report that several Orthodox churches in Bosnia had been torched-allegedly by Albanian muslims. Is this true? I guess I had believed that the whole ethnic violence-warefare in Bosnia had quieted down-I mean, the US and European powers have had troops there for over 10 years?  
Does this herald a new round of ethnic violence? What doe Muslim religious leaders (mullahs) have to say about this?  
I’d appreciate some links.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390/2 "2004-03-20T15:04:04Z")

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I don’t think there are a great amount of Albanian Muslims in Bosnia, perhaps you you mean Bosnian Muslims in Bosnia or (Muslim) Albanians in Kosovo.

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**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390/3 "2004-03-20T15:15:21Z")

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Kosovo.

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390/4 "2004-03-20T15:16:50Z")

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Nato has just deployed reinforcements to Kosovo - [link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3549699.stm) - which may be related to the news report the OP heard.

In relation to Kosovo, it’s not so much that the ethnic violence has quieted-down, more that the media coverage of it has.

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390/5 "2004-03-20T15:20:05Z")

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Oh, didn’t spot it before. [Kosovo rioters burn Serb churches](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3525168.stm)

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albanian-muslims-burning-serbian-churches/235390/6 "2004-03-20T16:12:21Z")

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> What doe Muslim religious leaders (mullahs) have to say about this?

Probably the same thing that the Orthodox priests have said about the vengeance burnings of mosques in this situation. It is pretty clearly an ethnic feud, not a religious one.