Is Islam popular in Albania?

Here's a true story: In medieval Albania, we liked heresy. We kind of adopted the Janisseries sort of Islam back then, which was a sort of sufi islam, because it proposed something different, more spiritual. read more

While Islam is the most popular religion in Albania, in general, Albanians do not take religion very seriously here. Albanians are religious by tradition only. Most do not practice their faith seriously. However, there is a mosque in just about every neighborhood throughout most of Albania. read more

The word Islam in Albania has acquired negative connotations in Albanian media and intellectual discourses. Among Albanian intellectuals and other notable Albanians, many Muslim, this has generated much discussions and at times debates about Islam and its role within Albania and amongst Albanians as a whole in the Balkans. 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