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Das Conflict Studies Research Centre (CSRC) kommt in einer Analyse vom 4. April 2004 zum Schluss, dass eine Gefahr eines ansteigenden von sowohl orthodoxem als auch islamischem Extremismus im Kosovo bestehe. Es gebe bedeutende Hinweise auf lokaler Ebene, dass islamische Extremisten sich mehr für die Region interessieren würden als in der Vergangenheit:

“The March events should give an alarm call to the IC that if Islamic radicalism and Orthodox fundamentalism are entering the political discourse in the region, they will be very hard to control and attacks on religious institutions will have a transnational significance. An incident in one country produces a contrary reaction elsewhere in completely unpredictable ways. There is significant local anecdotal evidence that Islamic extremists are taking a greater interest in the region than in the immediate past, and Orthodox fundamentalists are active in Greece and Former Yugoslav Macedonia, sometimes in alliance with the local and IC security apparatuses. The Kosovo events show that this is not clearly understood. Even a small incident could produce major and farreaching consequences.” (CSCR, 4. April 2004)

Im von Forum 18 am 9. September 2003 veröffentlichten Religious freedom survey wird berichtet, dass Angehörige der protestantischen Kirche, die aus muslimischen Familien kommen, von islamischen Extremisten unter Druck gesetzt würden. Selbst wenn nur ein Familienmitglied der protestantischen Kirche angehören würde, würde die ganze Familie belästigt. Dies würde gelegentlich auch zur Gewaltanwendung führen. Die radikalen Gruppen würden von den lokalen Moscheen geschützt werden, die offiziell behaupten würden, nichts mit solchen Gruppen zu tun zu haben. Es herrsche Konsens unter den Führern der Kirche, dass eine aggressive islamische Bewegung im Wachsen sei. Am 11. Mai sei ein früher muslimisches Mitglied der Kirche in Gnjilane nach mehreren Drohungen ernsthaft geschlagen worden. Es gäbe Befürchtungen, dass eine vom Ausland finanzierte Islamisierung des Kosovo geplant sei. Dies könne man aus den überproportional vielen von als ausländische Hilfsganisationen auftretenden islamischen Gruppen neu erbauten Moscheen schließen und aus Renovierungen von Moscheen, die im Gegensatz zum im Kosovo üblichen Stil unter arabischer Führung durchgeführt worden seien:

“Other Protestants in Kosovo confirmed to Forum 18 that church members from Muslim backgrounds face intermittent "persecution", including from family members. [...] Sometimes the entire family is threatened with ostracism even though only one member is a Protestant believer. This always leads to intensified family pressure and, on occasion, to actual beatings suffered by the believer." The Protestants attribute such pressure to Muslim extremists. "The radical Muslim fractions causing this suffering attend local mosques and are hidden and protected by these mosques, whose official line is that they have nothing to do with extremist groups," the report alleges. "The general consensus amongst missionaries and national church leaders is that a more aggressive Islamic movement is increasing." On 11 May a member of the Evangelical Church in Gnjilane - previously a Muslim - was severely beaten after receiving several earlier threats. In anonymous phone calls he was accused of being a "cross-follower" and a "traitor". Hamiti for one dismisses such reports of difficulties for ethnic Albanian Protestants. "Personally I do not have any information that they experience fear from radical Islamists," he told Forum 18. "Some of the pastors are my friends and they have never mentioned that to me." Protestant church buildings have several times been targeted and broken into, with equipment stolen. "Frequently, although these incidents were reported to the authorities, police does not investigate them adequately and does not pursue the perpetrators." The report complains that for example, those who attacked a church in Pristina in 2001 have still not been prosecuted, despite the fact that the thieves were recognised and reported to the police. [...]The Protestants fear such plans are part of a growing Islamisation of Kosovo sponsored from outside. "We are alarmed that there are now an excess of mosques in proportion to the amount of Muslims that actually attend them, and these mosques are found in central, visible places," the report notes. "These mosques have been built by Islamic groups that are in Kosova as humanitarian organisations and this causes us concern." Local Muslims have already complained that damaged mosques were restored under Arab direction in Saudi undecorated style, in contrast to the decorated style traditional in Kosovo. Hamiti appears to share these concerns about the activities of some foreign groups, although he did not openly identify specific foreign Muslim charities. "Many government and non-government humanitarian organisations have entered Kosovo with different programmes which were not concentrated only on aid, but beside that have contributed and are still contributing to religious propaganda not compatible with Kosovo society," he told Forum 18. "I’m concerned that if we are not careful to stop the activity of same of these organisations in this moment, tomorrow will be very late and will cause unsolved problems." Hamiti maintained that such organisations included Christian as well as Muslim charities.“

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