How religious is Albania?

There are some really weird comments about Albania below. Part of these confusions have to do with ambiguities as to the religious identity of Albania, traditionally majority Muslim, but after decades of Communism very secular. What exactly are the religious breakdowns? How religious are Albanians? read more

In Albania religious people are usually Salafis but there are some who follow their traditional Hanafi madhab (madhab is a school of jurisprudence). All religious Albanians pride themselves with shaykh Nasiruddin Al-Albani, who was one of the greatest scholars of 20th century and considered a Mujaddid by many scholars. read more

Besides to be a religious person you have to regularly attend the religios site for prayer and follow instructions from religios leaders in everyday life. If you look the religious registers in Albania i doubt if you find that more than 10% of the population are registered to any religious group. read more

Albania is constitutionally a secular country, and as such, "neutral in questions of belief and conscience". The most-commonly practiced religion in Albania is Islam, the second-most-commonly practiced religion is Christianity. read more

There are some really weird comments about Albania below.Part of these confusions have to do with ambiguities as to the religious identity of Albania, traditionally majority Muslim, but after decades of Communism very secular. read more