page_title: Religion in Pristina
section_title: Jashar Pasha Mosque
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in Pristina / Islam in Pristina / Jashar Pasha Mosque
caption_attribution_description: Shqip: Xhamia e Jashar Pashës. Prishtinë, KosovaPolski: Meczet Jashara Pashy. Prisztina, KosowoEnglish: Jashar Pasha Mosque. Pristina, Kosovo This is a photo of a monument in Kosovo, number: 2959
context_page_description: Kosovo does not have an official religion. Like the rest of the country, the majority of Pristina's population consider themselves to be Muslim. However, most do not actively practice Islam, nor do they attend mosques or the religious services required by their religion. Many, however, do fast for Ramadan. and praying is widely practiced.
  The small minority of Pristina's religious population that is not Muslim practice Christianity in the form of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. When Pristina was in the Serbian Empire in the Middle Ages, Eastern Orthodoxy was the predominant faith other than Roman Catholicism.
  Religious communities have educational institutions for their needs, organized in accordance with applicable law. All inhabitants of Pristina have the right to freedom of belief, conscience and religion. These basic rights are guaranteed to all persons in Pristina and Kosovo. The right includes freedom to hold, not to have, keep or change religion or belief. Also, it includes the right to manifest religion or belief, either alone or in community with others, in public or privately.
context_section_description: Mehmet Yasar was a wealthy citizen of Pristina and Skopje governor in 1842. According to inscriptions inside the mosque, it was built in 1834. Original gate is broken left to an expansion of the road Nazim Gafurri. In general, the building is risk of damage from moisture entering from cracks of different walls.
caption: 2011 Prisztina, Meczet Jashara Pashy
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