Religious education in Albania and Shkodra Madrasah example

With the introducation of Islamic religion, Albania has witnessed intense activity in religious education and training. With the separation of the Ottomans and becoming an independent state, both the kingdom and Enver Hoxha regime tried to weaken religious education among the pepole. Nevertheless, it is possible to say that the Albanian people are trying to preserve religious education in order to preserve ther religious beliefs. After the collapse of the communism regime, the importance give to religious education in the Albania constitution, the development of religious education through various communities and associations, as well as historical information about the debate on whether or not there is religious education in the state schools have been tried to be given. Wetried to convey the information we obtained from official documents and interviews with the families of the students by taking religious education in Albania in general an Shamia Madrasah in Shkodra City in particular.