Pastor Akil Pano reacts after the call of Gjergj Luca: The religion of the Albanian is not Albanianism, Luc

2023-09-18 17:31:00, Aktualitet CNA

Pastor Akil Pano

The businessman and entrepreneur Gjergj Luca, who completed the census data today, declared with sarcasm that the question about religion was written by an Albanian.

The entrepreneur called on everyone to write Albanian in the religion, because according to him, we are for the nation first and for the homeland, then for religion.

" I have a Muslim mother, a Catholic father, an Orthodox wife, I baptized one kalama Orthodox, another went to the mosque of the neighborhood here, it is becoming a big one, it has entered the foundation. They like Muslims. I go to pray in the Church, I also go to the mosque. Now what to write here? I like all religions. I am writing in Albanian. And I call on you, friends, all of us here to write about religion, Albanians, that we are for the nation first and for the homeland, then for religion ," said Luca.

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But for this statement, a reaction has come from Pastor Akil Pano, who claims that this call takes us back to the communist past.

Akil Pano declares that the religion of the Albanian is not Albanianism, since our people are made up of Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox, Bektashi, Evangelicals/Protestants.

Full reaction:

Luca's call, return to Communism.

Luca's call for Albanians not to declare their religion but to declare only 'Albanians' in the category of religious affiliation brings us back to the memories of the communist past.

The populist Luca takes us back to the time of the communist fathers who degenerated religion in every form. The war against religion began with the accusation of high figures of the clergy as collaborators with the enemy. While the vast majority of the clergy had high intellectual capacities, the communist regime associated them with ignorance and backwardness. The mudslinging of religious figures and personalities was only the beginning of the communist project. Then the Marxist ideology, censorship, imprisonments, the destruction of cult objects and the constitutional law for the categorical prohibition of religion in Albania. '

The 'Fish Master' should be careful when he pronounces on the religion of Albanians and especially when he makes public appeals of this type, as it awakens in Albanians the memory of pain, violence, imprisonment and martyrdom of religious people.

The Albanian's religion is not Albanianness, Luc.

Pashko Vasa or Vaso Pasha in his poem called on the Albanians for unity, in a certain time and context for the country we all know.

His call was not a request for non-identification of Albanians in the religious framework, but a call for national unity.

Today, Albanians are Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox, Bektash, Evangelicals/Protestants (for this you stated that you were ignorant and I don't blame you for being ignorant). These are the five religions that are officially recognized by the Albanian state through agreements ratified in the Parliament of Albania, agreements that give these faith communities the status of religious communities recognized by the state as such.

Evangelicals/Protestants were founded as a religious community in Albania in 1892 under the motto 'Evangelical Brotherhood of Albania.' But you don't know this either and I don't blame you. This is an issue that should concern Evangelicals more.

The problem with your call is not that you don't know anything about the Evangelicals and their contributions to Albania related to religion, the Albanian language, education, etc. Your master problem is the call for Albanians not to declare their religious identity.

This brings us back to the tragic national past, Albanian communism. The suigeneris model that Comrade Enver raised in Albanian society, after previously liquidating religion and freedom. So, kindly ask next time, a little more care, a little more attention and of course more information.

Sincerely, pastor!/ CNA

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