Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, during a visit to the municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane today, said that within the last year, Kosovo was praised for fighting terrorism and preventing extremism.  “It has been eleven months now since someone from Kosovo went to Syria. The decline of this phenomenon should not make us comfortable in this direction and we have to be careful in this regard. Extremism and radicalism are treacherous diseases. Islam is peaceful and does not produce violence. Therefore, Islam is being damaged by these actions,” Hyseni was quoted as saying. According to him, currently there are 78 Kosovars in Syria and Iraq, including children and women.
Hyseni also condemned the last week’s attack against the mosque in the village of Veleknicë. “Attacks against religious buildings are unacceptable and must be prevented,” he said.