[Prishtina-E] Re: A colonial mindset!

[marta gazideda]

Dear All,

It seems that I have not made myself clear. The crux of the matter is that I 
consider myself Albanian. That is first and foremost in my mind.
If I am asked what I am, my response will be "I am Albanian". I would never 
dream of answering " a Catholic/Muslim".

Religion is a separate issue from the national identity i.e. sipas perkatjes 
kombetare jemi shqiptare POR qe percjellim religjione te ndryshme.

If Mr. Blumi (in this instance) has made a call to "Albanians" to combat an 
anomaly that is damaging to our national interest than he should do that, 
without referring to ones' religion.

After all, Mr. Pula & Mr. Ahmetaj, on what do you base your assumption that 
I am a Catholic? "Marta" is a Jewish name; in addition there is an old 
Albanian song (sung in Albania only) about an Albanian female warrior named 
Marta. The title of the song is "Kuvendon Marta me Gra".

As for "Olsi" - you are misguided and deeply offending (others may feel 
different) by claiming that the war in Kosove was a religious one! It was a 
war for acquisition of land (Kosova) and its riches, creation of a Greater 
Serbia and the annihilation of Albanians regardless of their religion!

If there are Albanians who feel the war of Kosove was a religious one please 
do let me know.

The sooner we agree that the good of the nation is more important that our 
religious beliefs the sooner we can have an independent Kosove. A Republic 
no less.

That is why we must decide soon: "Are we Muslims, Catholics, etc. or are we 
Albanians?".

If we reach the conclusion that we are Albanians (and that is all that 
matters) everything will be easier because we will be working towards one 
aim - our Kosove.
We will not need to rely on foreigners since we do have the resources to 
build ourselves up into a great country and a great nation. It all depends 
from our attitude.


Yours sincerely




Marta K. Gazideda


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