Binaku: The Fatmir Sheholli Case Will Open a New Chapter in Exposing the “Traitors

Bajram Binaku, a member of the General Council of the Vetëvendosje Movement and a professor, has reacted to the so-called “Deçan Movement,” claiming that external factors and religious groups have influenced Kosovo’s social and political developments since the war.

According to him, the end of the war in 1999 and the declaration of independence in 2008 did not mark the end of the clashes, since afterward, as Binaku writes, a “hybrid war” began.

Binaku also spoke about the creation of several religiously oriented political entities which, according to his claims, included the introduction of religious education in schools and faculties in their programs.

He titled his article “Why Is the Deçan Movement Being Fought?”

Binaku writes that the war for Kosovo’s liberation ended in 1999, while independence was declared in 2008. Nevertheless, according to him, a hybrid war began during the period of freedom, and under the pretext of freedom of expression and political pluralism, internal and external elements used it to create fundamentalist parties and organizations.

He claims that Serbian, Russian, Arab and Turkish agencies initially invested “under the radar,” engaging in educating young people in computer science and the humanities, and later directing them toward prayer and religious education. According to him, this occurred during the 3–4 years after the liberation.

Religiously based parties, Binaku continues, were created when they determined that the political conditions were suitable for action. He mentions the PD, FJALA and several other entities, saying that their official programs spoke of morality, care for parents and equality, while their essential aim, according to him, was to introduce religious education in schools and faculties.

The professor claims that Islamic clerics, exploiting their influence over the masses and the favorable political moment, incited hatred through their sermons toward the Christian world, which, according to him, had fought even harder than Albanians to break away from Serbia.

In the same article, Binaku accuses the Islamic clerics of being paid to “sell their souls” to the Serbian occupier and the Arab-Turkish eastern world. As an example, he mentions Hysri Selimi’s sentence of 6 years in prison, describing it as one of the cases uncovered by the KIA.

He also refers to a project called “Top Secret,” which, he says, was drawn up in Belgrade with the aim of making Kosovo look like Kandahar after 20 years.

According to Binaku, hundreds of mosques were built along the edges of roads through the Islamic clerics, and religious schools or mektebs were opened in some of them. He claims that, alongside this, the wearing of the hijab by women, sharia as the constitution, hatred toward the Christian world and support for international terrorism were being demanded.

Considering this a danger, albeit belatedly, a gathering was organized in Deçan, where the voluntary departure from the Islamic faith was decided, Binaku writes. According to him, the participants sought only the expression of their free will to leave Islam because of its anti-national activity.

Binaku describes the Deçan Movement as the first anti-religious spark against an anti-national program which, he claims, was part of the Islamic clerics’ strategy.

He says that afterward, as a result of this movement, the Movement for Return, Shqiptaria and the Movement for Return to Catholicism were created. According to him, these initiatives do not contradict one another, as they are united in their aim of protecting the nation from “traitorous” elements, those who have sold themselves and foreign agencies.

In conclusion, Binaku writes that the Islamic clerics believe they have found the “snake” in the Deçan Movement and that they must “strike its head.” He adds that they no longer enjoy people’s trust.

Referring to the protests in Vushtrri against the church in Zogaj, where protesters carried national and Kosovo flags, Binaku says that these efforts are futile and claims that Kosovo is driving away all its enemies and traitors. According to him, the case of Fatmir Sheholli will constitute a new chapter in exposing the faces of the traitors, while he adds that “prison awaits with its doors open.”