Islamization of Albania
Gradual conversion of Albanians from Christianity to Islam during the Ottoman period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Islamization of Albania occurred as a result of the Ottoman conquest of the region beginning in 1385.[1] The Ottomans through their administration and military brought Islam to Albania. The people largely converted to Islam in fear of violence from the Turks.
In the first few centuries of Ottoman rule, the spread of Islam in Albania was slow and mainly intensified during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was one of the most significant developments in Albanian history as Albanians in Albania went from being a largely Christian (Catholic and Orthodox) population to one that is mainly Sunni Muslim, while retaining significant ethnic Albanian Christian minorities in certain regions. The resulting situation where Sunni Islam was the largest faith in the Albanian ethnolinguistic area, but other faiths were also present in a regional patchwork, played a major influence in shaping the political development of Albania in the late Ottoman period. Apart from religious changes, conversion to Islam also brought about other social and cultural transformations that have shaped and influenced Albanians and Albanian culture.