RELIGION IN KOSOVO (ICG Balkans Report N° 105)
RELIGION IN KOSOVO (ICG Balkans Report N° 105)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Summary/Abstract: This report seeks to describe the current position of the three major religious communities in Kosovo. In part, it aims to clarify misconceptions about the involvement of religion in the Kosovo conflict. It also proposes some areas where religion might serve as a means to encourage reconciliation among the peoples of Kosovo. Three religions . Islam, Orthodoxy, and Catholicism, have long coexisted in Kosovo. A large majority of Kosovo Albanians consider themselves, at least nominally, to be Muslim. A minority, about 60,000, are Catholic. Most Kosovo Serbs, even those who are not active religious believers, consider Orthodoxy to be an important component of their national identity. Nevertheless, despite this essential division of religious activities along ethnic lines, it cannot be said that religion per se was an important contributing factor in the conflict between Serbs and Albanians.

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