Kosovo Albanians demand land from Serbian monastery

Decani, December 21, 2015

On Thursday, December 17 in the town of Decani in Metochia, several hundred Albanians organized a protest against the ruling of the Kosovo Supreme court suspending the decision to confiscate part of Visoki Dečani Monastery’s lands.

    

Visoki Dečani Monastery was founded in 1327 during the reign of Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski. Dečanski's son, Stefan Dušan, completed the construction in 1335. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2004. It is under the Raška and Prizren diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Albanian demonstrators waved flags and chanted various slogans. There were no serious incidents during the rally, but the demonstrators harshly criticized Archimandrite Sava (Janjic), Abbot of Decani, who they claim is engaged in active propaganda intended to destabilize the situation in Decani.

The protest was organized by the so-called Albanian Alliance of Historians of Kosovo with its branch in Decani, reports RTS.

One of the Alliance members, Shkodran Imeraj, said that the ruling of the constitutional court was contrary to the Constitution of Kosovo. He demanded the abolition of laws on land ownership which had been passed when Yugoslavia still existed.

Imeraj also claimed that Albanians had never attacked the monastery, and that is why it is a special “cultural and historic heritage site of the Kosovo Albanians”. According to Imeraj, the monastery abbot should henceforth be aware that “the monastery was built by Albanians themselves.”

The police provided a secure environment during the rally, while KFOR (Kosovo Force) troops were deployed around.

    

The Visoki Dečani has otherwise been an island of peace in violent Kosovo, which has offered help to both Serbians and Albanians alike.

Pravoslavie.ru

22 декабря 2015 г.

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Editor23 декабря 2015, 11:00
Lynn: here is the link to that source site:http://www.rts.rs/.
lynn popovich23 декабря 2015, 02:00
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