The mosque in Albanian folk literature
The mosque had a significant role in all the Muslim community. This religious institution has played a key role in the Albanians since the 14th century when the people accepted Islam and up to the present day. The significant role of the mosque has been reflected through several folkloric work...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21325/1/Muhamed-Citaku-IJIT-Vol-22-Edited.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21325/ http://www.ukm.my/ijit/ |
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| Summary: | The mosque had a significant role in all the Muslim community. This religious institution
has played a key role in the Albanians since the 14th century when the people accepted
Islam and up to the present day. The significant role of the mosque has been reflected
through several folkloric works, which serve as a memory for the deeds, worries, and
problems of the Albanian people throughout their history. The main goal of this paper
is then to put to the fore the image of the mosque on the Albanian folklore at different
stages and times. The mosque in Kosovo has been examined from different historical,
religious, and geographical perspectives, including the architecture and ornaments –
the image by which the mosque is presented on the Albanian folklore, fulfils the current
landscape with new data and promotes a deeper understanding of the mosque on its
own. In this paper, we understand the role of the mosque in establishing the Islamic
identity of Albanians, organization of Albanian society, education, culture, the Albanian
state building, protection from national assimilation, and its great resistance during
invasion. The results shown have been obtained using a statistical and hermeneutic
approach. |
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