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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)
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The 1 million or so Kosovar Muslims who fled Serbian oppression had to contend with cold, hunger, thirst
and disease. Tens of thousands lost their lives, and many more disappeared.

ers which perceived a potential "Greater Albania" as a threat due to its
Muslim nature again moved into action. It was the former communist
and new fascist Slobodan Milosevic who began using savage methods
to carry out this anti-Islamic policy.
As soon as Milosevic came to power, he ended the autonomy that
had been granted to Kosovo in Tito's time. He began holding fascist-
style meetings to fan the flames of Serbian nationalism. Places of higher
education in Kosovo were barred from teaching in Albanian, newspa-
pers publishing in that language were closed down, and the people
were oppressed. It was intended that the Albanians should leave the re-
gion, and in fact some 400,000 did so during that time. At the same time,