43 minutes agoThe young man who returned from Syria suffered the prison sentence: I'm not being accepted.
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Liridon Kabashi, in 2013, had abandoned Kosovo to join the war of the militant group, the Islamic State in Syria. He had returned to Kosovo after three months, where he was also sentenced and serving a prison sentence of 14 months. Now he has been released from prison, but does not hide it from his city [...]
He had returned to Kosovo after three months, where he was also sentenced and serving a prison sentence of 14 months. Now, he was released from prison, but he didn't hide it from his hometown and grew up, in Skenderaj, people saw him differently.
Kabashi, the first Kosovar to face prison sentences for involvement in the Syria war, was released to return to normal life, relates to Radio Free Europe what problems he is facing in the world outside the bars.
They look at me, but I don't know if they're scared. I don't know. I can't understand. They're different. Before I go to Syria and then to prison, I've spoken with society either from town or from village, but now they're more rigid”.
Where do I know maybe they think I'm hurting anything in their lives or hurting their image? But, no, I'm Liridon trying to respect everyone and help everyone”, he says.
Kabashi had gone to Alepo, Syria, at the age of 24, with the goal of joining the Syrian opposition forces. But he had withdrawn from this plan shortly after arriving there.
