I Albanians SIS: Escape map to Syria, Iraq

And at the end of 2015, the escapes were almost embarrassed after changes to the penal code that participation and recruiting for armed conflicts in foreign countries consider a criminal offense. As a result of the war, it referred to data from the European Commission's 26 Albanian fighters report that have been killed, about 45 have returned, while 73 others are still found in war zones, from which 18 fighters and 55 women and children.

The 3 villages of Pogradec, Zagorcan, Rzemenj and Lesnica, which had the largest number of fugitives, appear to have formed the mysterious triangle with the sudden disappearance of residents of the area towards war. The evacuations of the inhabitants are also recorded in Perrenja, Librazd, Elbasan. But stories of turning foreign, loyal warriors of I SIS also finds its way into the capital.

The “in this mosque has been forgiven. But no calls have been made to go to Syria here, everyone who has gone alone, but is not well, is not allowed”- said Nefail Lilo, Muslim intern.

The best, educated guys in my opinion were. Not that they had no education and were lied to, but they were still very sincere boys. Someone might say they left because they felt it, of course they had faith, but I think they were deceived. Being in the position of the village elder and I'm lucky to be near the mosque here, I noticed that recently before leaving they were frequented by many unknown believers. If there's a spirit here, it's come from outside” said Vladimir Lipo, Lesnica's elder.

We don't have a clear mirror, let alone accurate, of the tendencies of violent extremism in Albania, simply calling this group emerging from the Muslim community, which went as foreign fighters in Syria. Even they called them peak points, it's not actually that we have manifestations of violence - terrorism - from these people within the Republic of Albania. If we take the percentage of the past in these fighting areas on the basis of the Muslim population, in Albania it turns to around 0.8%.

So, in every 100 Albanian Muslims, less than 1 person has gone to these countries. Something higher is the percentage in Kosovo, somewhere in those values is the Macedonian one as well. Meanwhile, the percentage of the past from the Republic of Albania is lower than the percentage of British citizens, down by 1.2%; Germany slightly higher than 1.2%, France has over 2%. Belgium, over 3%. And I would have isolated here a phenomenon, we in Albania, and in general, in what is called the Western Balkans, we have several centuries old Muslim autochthin population”- said Ergis Muzhaqi, security expert.

“They can be agents of change, those who can deliver messages in the community. It is very necessary to understand what has happened to these people, on the real causes of departure, which are not economics, to say a small part, but they are ideological and violent. They're the reasons they've been dealing with communities where they've lived, with the dynamics of the groups they've become part of.

Disfellowshipping as the cause of deep ideological religious belief through misuse of religion. We have people who sold their homes, took their wives and children because they believed they would face a new world”- said Andrew Hida, professor.

If we were to see the map of fugitives, we would see that happened in the area where the capacities were not very good. I've been able to meet empare from the Librazd area, Pogradec and other areas, and I've noticed that the average age of imams, for example, in Librazhd Mufti, was 60 years old. Can they talk about a youth that knows technology, which has different challenges? ”- said Gjergj Vurmo, a researcher of religious radicalism.