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Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo

Kosovo, a region with a Muslim majority, remained under Ottoman
rule until the Balkan War of 1912. To this day, the people of Kosovo
remain Muslims, a legacy of the Ottoman Empire and governance. The
termination of the Cold War opened a new era in the world marked by
drastic changes of borders and regimes, particularly in Balkans. The
generation holding to the legacy of the Ottomans remained at the centre
of this change. What is happening today in Bosnia and Kosovo is an
outcome of this historical development. The vacuum that occurred after
the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, which served as a "balancing factor"
in the lands it ruled, could not be filled by the new states that emerged
after the World Wars. The conflicts taking place in the region today are
consequences of this vacuum.

The Inhumane Three Year Long Massacre in Bosnia
The three years of violence perpetrated against Muslims in Bosnia best
exemplifies the situation of people suffering persecution around the

90% of Kosovo's two million population are Muslim
Albanians. The territories of the province are only
12% of Serbia. In 1989, the police force
consisted entirely of Slavs engaged in acts of
repression. Meanwhile, the Serbs forbade
an Albanian-language school curriculum.
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Since the 28 February until today, the
Serbs have consistently inflicted
violence upon the Kosovars.