Albanian Muslims object to city's statue of Mother Teresa

The Scotsman ^ | March 30, 2006 | BENET KOLEKA

[MadIvan]

MUSLIMS in Albania's northern city of Shkoder are opposing plans to erect a statue to Mother Teresa, the ethnic Albanian Catholic nun 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 "mixed" marriages are the norm.

Seventy per cent of the population are liberal Muslims, the rest are Christian Orthodox and Catholic. But Muslim groups in Shkoder rejected the local council plan for a statue, 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, a Muslim religious leader.

Several residents said they felt there was an underground effort to treat Shkoder as a Catholic town, ignoring its majority Muslim community.

Shkoder's Muslims recently protested against crosses being erected on prominent hilltops around the city.

[MadIvan]

My response: go to hell.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Sometimes A River]

...saying it "would offend the feelings of Muslims".

And we know now that offending the feelings of Muslims is the greatest crime one can commit.

[SkyPilot]

saying it "would offend the feelings of Muslims".

Any non-Muslim with a beating heart has the same effect.

So does the sun rising in the East.

[Lurker]

F 'em.

L

[Nathan Zachary]

There they go again, showing the world how peaceful and tolerant Muslims are. Of course, buring down 12th century orthadox churches shows how "peaceful and tolerant" they are too, but this is ignored by MSM in the west. They have to show Clinton did the right thing after all...

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Seventy per cent of the population are liberal Muslims

Sounds like "liberal" Muslims are just as annoying as the liberals we have in the West.

[sgtbono2002]

We certainly wouldnt want to offend those sons of Beaches would we?

[EBH]

But Muslim groups in Shkoder rejected the local council plan for a statue, 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, a Muslim religious leader.

Oh yes, can't have them be offended by a person from another religion that had a heart & soul to help those less fortunate without regard to religion! That would show the rules of Allah as inferior! Allah forbid that one might demonstrate to the world the God is bigger than any one book!

[bill1952]

Liberal Muslims? You mean like vegetarian cannibals?

Who the H*** made up THAT phrase?

[GOPJ]

ping

[PeteB570]

Liberal Muslims?

Only in the MSN.

When push comes to shove their true colors come out.

To them it's "all about us".

[Beckwith]

Will there be a pool?

Certainly, the Muslims will knock the statue down sooner or later. It's their style.

Remember the Buddhas of Bamiyan?

[ChristianDefender]

My response: go to hell.

For sure they will go to hell...

[zip]

...offend the feelings of Muslims

OMG, we can't do that. /sarcasm off

[MadIvan]

There was a fool from Hamas on Sky News last night who was talking about the Palestinians' feelings.

I shouted at the television, "I don't care."

I don't. When Muslims start to care about the feelings of those in the West, then I may be marginally interested in theirs. But as they don't care about the effect of people killing us from their sect, I don't care about them.

Just as an added note, I had hoped Israel would get a kick arse government that would deal with fellows like the one from Hamas, London style, with 5 rounds to the head. Sadly, no.

Regards, Ivan

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Seventy per cent of the population are liberal Muslims...

And what, praytell, distinguishes a liberal muslim.

They only wish to enslave the infidels...rather than blow them up or behead them?

(I suspect it doesn't mean that they are pro-choice and for gay marriage.)

[Clive]

I am waiting for a news story in which some proposed action was stopped out of concern that it would offend the feelings of Christians.

[Mister Da]

I am offended that the muzzies are offended.

I am offended that they are offended by other religions.

I am offended that they think they are better than anyone else.

Therefore, be gone from my sight, hearing, & smell!

[arthurus]

"Liberal Muslims" is an evanexcent phenomenon.