Religious Conquests - Albania

Nov 1996
Guitar strumming, voices singing, helicopter whirring: the evangelists are preparing for a mission. One last prayer and the group leader yells, "Let's go tell the world about God!" Until recently, this was the world's first atheist state. Albania's ex-communist dictator, Enver Hoxha banned all types of religion. Bibles and Korans were chucked into a national bonfire and houses of worship destroyed. Catholic priest, Father Pllumi, endured 26 years of torture before his release in 1990 when the Democrats finally ousted the Communists. Now there is a rush to reclaim the faithful. But some Albanians dread another Bosnian bloodbath. In particular, Greek Orthodox Archbishop, Anastassios Yanoulatos, worries that the sudden influx of missionaries might upset Albania's fine religious balance. Undeterred, our American evangelists head up North by jeep to the Catholic heartland. Their aim is to entice villagers to a showing of their film on Jesus Christ. As the projector is set up, the crowd is buzzing for a free night at the movies. But afterwards, converts are scarce. Neither 500 years of Islamic Ottoman rule nor Communism could shake these people's beliefs.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[dardanoilir]

Hahaha so funny, I don't know if u know that America didn't even exist when Albanians worshipped Jesus and Allah, and ur saying here u have gone to Albania to tell them about God, I am Muslim Albanian but religion in my community is a personal matter and I recommend another way of helping Albanians rather than religious lessons

[FinancialSP]

@3wisemenproductions He defenately is a dangerous fundamentalist for not allowing religious diversity and showing anti-missionary sentiment. He must have fossils of dinosaurs that prove Albanians were living with Dinosaurs and doesn't want to show Christians are correct. When Albania banned religion and sentenced religious people to heaven they also hid the dinosaur bones and used straw-man arguments, ad-hominem, belly-laughed with Satan and were promiscuous with thousands of Albanian women.

[DujaFazliLazos]

What a crack of sh**

[xplosivelilly]

@dardanoilir you can be a proud muslim or catholic, you just have to tolerate other pple beliefs :)

[CARMINEOWNZ]

@NinetyNiteez I understood him. Is sand nigger supposed to be offensive?

[nimcovich]

Долго этот пидор будет дурачить нормальных мужиков? Кто дал этому пидару право дурачить всех. Для меня теперь вся женская азиатская музыка - это музыка хирургически обрезанных мужиков и просто так я слушать ее не буду!

[muscldmechanic]

go home u bad influence. albanians don't need u. Raus!

[NinetyNiteez]

@SNusret No one understands you. You stupid sand nigger.

[3wisemenproductions]

@3wisemenproductions i mean the other orthadox cleric

[3wisemenproductions]

Video is very informative, funny how the muslim cleric leader doesn't want missionaries in the country. he obviously is a dangerous fundamentalist by this admission of anti-missionary sentiment. a true peace loving person would embrace diversity.

[IllyriPower]

@sanyo1974 Atheism is not good but religions are bad too

Christianity and Islam brought to us only WARS !!!

in our hearts we are still pagans and mos of albanians are agnostic !!!!