Wikipedia's article on irreligion in Albania, community-edited. States Enver Hoxha's 1967 declaration of Albania as the world's first constitutionally atheist state, the nationalization of all 2,169 religious buildings by May 1967, Ramiz Alia's more tolerant stance after Hoxha's 1985 death, the ban's December 1990 lifting in time for Christmas services, and an alternate source dating the ban's official termination to 1991.
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the 1967 ban's scope and the 1990 lifting, naming the article's own alternate 1991 dating for the ban's official end rather than picking one silently. NotesUsed for Albania's state atheism ban, which closed every church in the country from 1967 alongside every mosque and Bektashi teqe; the event this source backs is written honestly as a ban on all religion, not a Christian-specific persecution.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_Albania
Source Typereference
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This source backs 43 claims across the atlas. As facts: 27 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 9 holds, 2 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Religious Events, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Open Questions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 2 holds.
- Religions, 1 claims: 1 holds.
- Religious Orders, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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