Islamisation growing in Albania

ACN News, Monday, 23rd July 2012 � ALBANIA

Islamisation growing in Albania

By John Newton


RADICAL Islam is being imported into Albania leading to growing tensions in the country, according to an expert on the region.

�In Albania, young imams propagate a different form of Islam from what is customary there. This is leading to tensions,� said Peter Rettig, head of the South-East Europe section of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need.
Mr Rettig, who has just returned from a project assessment trip to the country, described how the growth of extremist Islam is leading to tensions not only within the Muslim congregations but also with some Christian congregations.