Kosovo: Conflicts Between Serbians and Ethnic Albanians
I. Introduction
A. Thesis- The conflict between the Serbs and Albanians shows us the amount of intolerance with religious, political, and racial conflicts throughout the history of the relationship between the Serbs and
Albanians.
II. History of Kosovo
A. Battles
1. 1913 Albanian rebellion against Serbian officials.
2. The cause was the rape of an Albanian women.
B. Kosovo’s extra problems
III. Religious conflicts
A. Albania religion
1. Islamic belief
2. The Koran criticised Jews and Christians
B. Serb religion
1. Serbian Orthodox
2. A division in the Christian belief.
IV. Political Conflict
A. Fascism
B. Democracy
1. Milosevic’s wife a well-known communist.
2. Democracy had their fights with communism during the Cold War.
V. Racial Conflict
A. Serbs
B. Albanians
1. Ethnic Albanians conflicts with Serbian officials.
2. Milosevic’s determination on getting rid of Ethnic Albanians out of
Kosovo.
VI. Conclusion
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The conflict in Kosovo right not reflects to us the intolerance of race and religion demonstrated by the Serbs toward the ethnic Albanians. The situation right now is the evacuation of all ethnic Albanians out of Kosovo. This situation began on February 1990 after fighting broke out between ethnic Albanians, police, and the Slavic minority (Satyendra, paragraph 2). Many other situations that have occurred in the past have contributed to the conflict that is happening now. The conflict between the Serbs and Albanians shows us the amount of intolerance with religious, political, and racial conflicts throughout the history of the relationship between the Serbs and Albanians.
The history of Kosovo have been very turbulent and conflicts rose up at every incident that occurred. Some 600 years ago, the Serbs confronted the
Turkish invader on June 15, 1389 at their homeland that resulted in Battle of
Kosovo. The Serb was led by Prince Lazar and they fought brilliantly to the end.
Though he was wounded and was captured and beheaded by the Turks
(Satyendra, paragraph 1, “Kosovo deeply embedded in psyche of the Serb people”). One of the early conflicts that occurred in 1913 with small bands of
Albanian rebels, known as kacaks were protesting against a Serbian officer in
September. He had tried to rape a Albanian women but a women’s husband shot
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...circulate around; religious,
political, and racial conflicts within Kosovo.
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