Kosovo: conflicts between Serbs and AlbaniansI. IntroductionA. Thesis: The conflict between Serbs and Albanians shows us the amount of intolerance towards religious, political and racial conflicts throughout the history of the relationship between Serbs and Albanians.II. History of KosovoA. Battles1. 1913 Albanian rebellion against Serbian officials.2. The cause was the rape of an Albanian woman.B. The additional problems of KosovoIII. Religious conflictsA. Albanian religion1. Islamic belief2. The Koran criticized Jews and ChristiansB. Serbian religion1. Serbian Orthodox2. A division in the Christian faith.IV. Political conflict A. Fascism B. Democracy1. Milosevic's wife, a well-known communist.2. Democracy fought against communism during the Cold War.V. Racial ConflictA. SerbiB. Albanians1. Ethnic Albanians are in conflict with Serbian officials.2. Milosevic's determination to rid the Albanians of Kosovo.VI. ConclusionPham Pantoja 1The conflict in Kosovo does not reflect for us the racial and religious intolerance demonstrated by the Serbs towards ethnic Albanians. The current situation is the evacuation of all Albanians from Kosovo. This situation began in February 1990 after fighting broke out between Albanians, the police and the Slavic minority (Satyendra, paragraph 2). Many other situations that occurred in the past have contributed to the conflict that is occurring now. The conflict between Serbs and Albanians shows us the amount of intolerance towards religious, political and racial conflicts throughout the history of relations between Serbs and Albanians. The history of Kosovo has been very turbulent and conflicts have arisen with every incident that has occurred. About 600 years ago, the Serbs faced the Turkish invader on June 15, 1389 in their homeland, resulting in the Battle of Kosovo. The Serbs were led by Prince Lazar and fought brilliantly to the end. Even though he was wounded, captured and beheaded by the Turks (Satyendra, paragraph 1, “Kosovo is deeply rooted in the psyche of the Serbian people”). One of the first conflicts occurred in 1913 with small groups of Albanian rebels, known as kacak, protesting against a Serbian officer in September. He had tried to rape an Albanian woman but the woman's husband shot...... in the middle of paper......circulating around; religious, political and racial conflicts within Kosovo. Pham Pantoja 8 Works Cited Gordan, Matthew. Islam: religions of the world. New York: Brown, 1991 Malcolm, Noel. Kosovo: a brief history. New York: New York, 1998 Osborn, Kevin. Tolerance. New York: Rosen, 1993Satyendra, Nadesan. Understanding Kosovo: “Kosovo is deeply rooted in the psyche of the Serbian people.” Internet online. October 31, 1998. Satyendra, Nadesan. Understanding Kosovo: “Similarities”. Internet online.October 31, 1998.Vickers, Miranda and James Pettifer. Albania: from anarchy to Balkan identity. New York: New York, 1997. P. Shoup, Communism and the national question in Yugoslavia, London and New York: Columbia University Press P. Sugar and I. Lederer, Nationalism in Eastern Europe, Washington 1970, R.Okey, Eastern Europe 1740 -1985. Feudalism to Communism, London: UnwynHyman, 1986.