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Shkruar nga Diplomatico | Pamfleti.net
An old sentence is reviving the spirit of hatred in Montenegro and the wider region.
A phrase that once marked the beginning of ethnic violence has returned to Montenegro: “Are there any Turks here?” This question, which in the 1990s accompanied attacks on Muslim cafes and shops, is being heard again in other, more modern forms, but with the same purpose: to identify the “enemy within.”
Historian and publicist Šerbo Rastoder warns in a column for "Vijesti" that a new version of neo-fascism is developing in Montenegro, where hatred of "the other" is justified by patriotism, while institutions choose silence.
According to him, the recent case in Podgorica, where a politician falsely declared that "100 thousand Turks" live in Montenegro, shows that ethnic lies are being turned into political weapons.
More worrying than the propaganda is the lack of institutional response, which makes this climate of hostility seem acceptable.
"Montenegro," writes Rastoder, "is preparing its appeal for anti-fascism."
Essentially, "Turk" is no longer a concrete nationality, but a symbol of all those who do not fit the myth of the "pure nation": Muslims, Albanians, Bosniaks, or any other minority that preserves its identity.
This is the archetype of hatred that the Balkans is failing to heal; and which is today taking shape through the language of social media and populist nationalism.
Rastoder's warning applies to the entire region: fascism does not return with tanks, but with ordinary words that begin to seem “normal.” And when the state remains silent, history repeats itself.
The pamphlet stands clearly against any form of ethnic, religious or cultural hatred in the region. The history of the Balkans has shown that the language of exclusion is the first step towards violence, and that nationalist propaganda; whether from the government, the opposition or false “patriotic” groups, is the most dangerous tool to keep our societies poor and divided.
Today, when signs of nostalgia for "national purity" are reappearing in some countries of the region, the media's duty is not to remain silent. Because silence is complicity. And we will not remain silent./ Pamphlet
Por kur Serbët(Mali i Zi) nuk bashkëjetojnë dot me shqiptarët, dhe me pakicat e tjera gjuhësore dhe kulturore,le të ndahet Mali I Zi.
Greket me emertesen turku me ide urrejtje nenkuptojne myslimanet, malazezet nuk e di se per ke e kane e kane per etnine turke apo per myslimanet shqiptar, bosnjak etj.
As nuk na e njen hic se cfare thoni ju serbosllav te qelbur, tani pranojeni qe edhe pak vite ju kane ngelur te mbani trrojet tona, emertimet e juaja vetem na forcojne edhe na bojn me kembengules drrejt qellimeve tona per nje shqiperi etnike..