Dünyanın önde gelen dinlerinden olan İslâmiyet ve Hıristiyanlık, Arnavutluk bölgesinde birbiriyle ilk temaslarından itibaren bir arada yaşama imkânı bulmuştur. Osmanlı hâkimiyeti içerisinde olduğu XV-XVII. yüzyıllarda Arnavutların dinî inanç panoramasına bakıldığında Hıristiyan ve Müslüman nüfus oranının birbirine yakın bir görüntüye sahip olduğu görülmektedir. Özellikle Batı’da olmak üzere dünyanın farklı yerlerinde etnik, dinî, mezhepsel vb. nedenlerden dolayı meydana gelen çatışmalar sonucu binlerce kişinin hayatını kaybettiği o dönemde, Arnavutluk’ta yaşayan halk birbirine son derece saygı ve sevgi göstererek ve hoşgörüde bulunarak birlik ve beraberlik içerisinde yaşamıştır. Öyle ki birbirlerine acı ve mutlu günlerinde ziyarette bulunmaları, din adamları arasındaki samimi ilişkiler, verilen tımarı paylaşmaları, aynı ailede hem Hıristiyan hem de Müslüman kişilerin bulunması şeklindeki ticarî ve sosyo-kültürel ilişkiler adeta birbirini tamamlayan bir portreyi anımsatmaktadır. Dolayısıyla Arnavut diyarlarında görülen bu farklı dinlere inananlar arasındaki uyum ve hoşgörünün dünyaya örnek teşkil ettiği söylenebilir.

After the Balkan peninsula came under the rule of the Ottoman State, there is a mutual interaction and development in the fields of socio-cultural, economic, religious and so on between the Ottomans and different nations living there. Some objective and subjective studies have been done on how this interaction and development occurs. The common opinion that emerged in recent studies on this it is the fact that although the Ottomans instilled the religion of Islam in non-Muslims in the new regions they conquered, they did not follow the policies of changing their religious traditions and customs by force. As a matter of fact, although the Ottomans dominated the Balkans for 5 tasavvur, c. 6 sy. 2 (Aralık 2020) | İlir RRUGA centuries when it comes to the 20 th century, it is seen that only the majority of Albanians and Bosnians have adopted Islam.The periods when Albanians adopted the religion of Islam (which century started more intense Islamization movements, 17 th or 18 th , if we mention) when we look at it, the emergence of Crypto Christian groups in different regions and periods draws our attention. The facts of Crypto Christians are in other Balkan regions of the Ottoman State it has been seen in places such as Cyprus, Islands, Trabzon etc. This article aims to examine the Crypto Christian events that occurred within the borders of today's Albania. The main sources of the research are the priest's reports and Ottoman archive documents of that period. In addition, we referred to new local and foreign studies on this subject.

One of the most influential Albanian princes in the period when Ottomans came to Albania was, without a doubt, Gjon Kastrioti, father of Skanderbeg. The power of Kastrioti principality was increasing and it reached such a level that when confronted with the Ottomans, Gjon Kastrioti preferred to fight them instead of accepting their sovereignty. However, despite his courage, he was defeated three times by Murat II and as a result became vassal of the Ottomans in 1423. He was forced to yield up his four sons, as general rule of the time. The youngest boy was Gjergj (Gergi, Georges) Castriota Scanderbeg (Skandarbeg), born in 1405. In the Ottoman State, he was educated as a Muslim and was called Iskender.

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