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from carrying out their religious duties. In order to take Sundays, when
Christians went to church, out of the equation, the concept of a common
day of rest was removed. Everyone
would work five days, but the day of
rest could be any day. This measure
was deliberately introduced by the
communists "to facilitate the struggle
to eliminate religion". 99 Following
that, in 1928 and 1930 the taxes paid
by men of religion were raised by 10
times, their food coupons were taken
from them, and they could no longer
use the health services, which meant
they no longer enjoyed any civil
rights, they were often arrested, mo-
ved from their posts and sent into exi-
le. By 1936 some 65 percent of mosqu-
es and 70 percent of churches had be-
en destroyed.
Some of the most violent measu-
res against religion were taken in Al-
bania. The Communist leader of Alba-
nia, known for having no religion,
was Enver Hodja, who in 1967 procla-
imed Albania the first "religionless"
country. Men of religion would be ta-
ken into custody for no reason, and
some of them were killed while in
custody. In 1948 two bishops and
5,000 men of religion were shot. Mus-
lims were killed in the same way. The
literary monthly Nendori announced
that 2,169 mosques and churches had
During and after the Bolshevik revolution there
were many attacks on religion. Churches and
mosques were pulled down. Works of art in
churches were plundered, as can be seen in the
above pictures.