thirdwave wrote:sammie121 wrote:So much ignorance displayed in this thread...... And from the comments it is evident that the posters are commenting on a country and society they have no real idea about.
I may not have been to Albania (I have been to several countries in EE) but I have seen enough of Albanians in this country that its put me off visiting the place.
and Mother Theresa was born in Macedonia to an Armenian Orthodox -Albanian couple & was brought up as a Catholic. So she really did not have much in common with most Albanians...
How narrow-minded to not want to visit a country by judging some of its people.
And what did Mother Teresa not have in common with most Albanians? She was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to an Albanian mother and Arumanian (i.e. Vlach), not Armenian, father, in what is now Macedonia, and what was then the Ottoman Empire. Until religion was banned by Enver Hoxha, Catholics, Muslims and Albanian Orthodox families lived alongside each other. I am guessing by your previous comments that you believe she didn't have much in common with other Albanians as she was brought up a Catholic. The majority of the north of Albania were Catholic, the centre of the country was mostly Muslim, and the south was mostly a mixture of Catholic and Orthodox. My husband's family were Orthodox before the ban on religion. Nowadays it is rare that you will find people who practice their religion. People if questioned might say they are Muslim, but they probably have never set foot in a mosque, and they probably eat pork and drink alcohol. If you asked my husband's family what their religion is, they would say "We are Orthodox", but my husband had never set foot in a church until we went to Paris and we went inside Notre Dame.
And as for your previous comments about the level of domestic violence in Albania, are you trying to suggest that it's only a matter of time before my husband attacks me? I'm afraid you won't find many countries in the world where men "hold their womenfolk in high esteem". Sadly it isn't exclusivly an Albanian problem.
I'd be interested to know what exactly has caused your hatred of Albanians.