🇦🇱 Sisters of the Blood Feud: Revenge Killings in Albania | Witness
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- Sisters of the Blood Feud: Revenge Killings in Albania
Three years ago Beta's brother killed another boy in her village in northern Albania, triggering a blood vendetta against her family.
While her brother was sent to prison by the Albanian courts, the threat of revenge against the family remains due to widespread adherence to a 15th century code known as the "Kanun". This alternative justice system maintains that killing must be avenged in order to restore family honour.
After the incident, Beta's father fled to London where he hopes to get asylum, leaving Beta and her sister confined to the family home for their own protection.
Beta is growing increasingly frustrated by her confinement, which has also prevented her from going to school. The only hope now is that her father will be granted asylum and she and her sister can escape their self-imposed prison sentence.
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Update: Currently Mother and the girls are accepted in London where her father is. All safe. This was over a year ago. May god bless her and her family.
Lets hope 2021 is a great year for everyone
Why is their so much emphasis on this family and not the family who lost their much loved son or brother. They're the ones bearing the loss and the heartbreak. Where is their compensation?
@@australiaprisonisland9156 im staying impartial here and i feel for both families. They both have losses. I think the compensation for the other family is already being paid by the killer serving time in the prison. Blood feud used to happen a lot in turkey but it is quite rare now.
@@australiaprisonisland9156 because the other family wants to commit murder
@@azuth20 Why should the State bear the cost of keeping the murderer in jail. If the murderers family doesn't offer compensation and the son is murdered awful as it may sound then there is no need for a jail. They can then all move on and be re-integrated into the community. The taxpayer has nothing to do with this quarrel yet is asked to bear the cost?
You know you’re in Albania 🇦🇱 when catholic lady says inshallah lol
Mbreti Gent hahahahah 😂
Mbreti Gent im catholik albanian and my family says also ishalla because there is no other word for hopefully this is muslim country and this language also
gjikla alban e di
gjikla -
It‘s not because its muslim, its just a leftover from ottomans. People use it without religious content
rebel 777 who said it’s wrong?
Grandfather : I'll fire the gun if someone attacks us .
Granddaughter : you are blind old man.
🤣🤣🤣
He will still try to fullfil his duty.
So funny for you ok
@@Albanian_Dani its a joke , when there's a storm outside and you are scared 2 things can help you either remembering your god or cracking a joke. Making light out of the darkest moments of your life that's what religion and jokes are for.
@@FaizanKhan-ms7wd yes bro chill respect
I live in a small town in rural Brasil and in the 80s there was almost no men left except children and old people because of blood feuds. This documentary certainly hit close to my heart.
Lester Crest dang
@@MrCakocalypse they just do it that way in Albania. In other Balkan countries if someone wants revenge he would only kill the killer and not his brother or son. Because if you kill a person and somebody of his family kills your brother then you would kill that person and so on and so on it’s catastrophic.
Violence is perverse not natural as instinct denotes. 🌠
So sad. This is a stupid belif. Eye or an eye, and everyone then becomes blind...
@@sm3675 🌠
Shes an incredibly intelligent, beautiful young lady. I have a feeling she will go far in life given the right opportunities.
Natasha Dayumn
Tell that to chained dog in a metal barell.
@@danemiljus5485 sorry buddy. I don't think I understand what you mean?
@Albo Bad that's sad. She's a little girl caught up in mens feud, anyone with a heart should feel bad for her.
@Albo Bad karma dear Albo.
these girls have balls.
I remember back in Afghanistan we had blood feud which was started during my grandfathers time and I remember I was sixteen older than these girls but still if I went outside for from home I carried a rifle or a gun with me but these girls go around without any weapons.
salute for their bravery
excuse me i think you got it wrong i am from kpk Pakistan and no matter what happens women kids and old men are never killed in these kind of issues
Boys are not part of feud till they become 16 or something. Womens and girls and old people are not part of feud. Just man and boys. If a woman kills to revange than the revange is ended.
Salute to your bravery !
This isnt an albanian tradition. This happens all over the world, in many countries
@@Hello-jr5ob Yh, this used to happen in the Rif mountains as well. Always ended up in tribal fueds. I have a partial ancestry of a Riffian tribe that literally got wiped out as a consequence of these fueds.
This is what happens when the government doesn't provide juridical intervention.
The brother must be really proud how he has left his grandparents, mother and sisters like this... All for being a though gangster
Thumbs down for the brother look what he has done....he should have known about this street justice
So the brother is alive somewhere else ?
Need a follow up documentary. It has been a while, let's see what Beta is up to in London. She seems talented, she must be doing something great. Come on Aljazeera.
But the whole point of her going to london is to hide where she is and not get killed
What mad3 her seem talented? Talented in What?
@GreekNeek lol. Hahaha. I'm really curious as to what they see in her cause to me she seems to have mental illness and was a little creepy to me.
@@RC-hs7oo I wonder how you would seem to other people if you lived under the same conditions as her. Stuck on the same plot of land for 3 years with the fear of being kidnapped and killed. She's been in isolation for 3 years. Give the girl a break.
@@gurneymcbuzzin it's not that serious. Calm down and get out your feelings.
To the people in the comments saying "this tradition needs to be gone" well it is. Majority of albanians dont practice this tradition anymore. Only at the deep parts of albania it stills exits but its a very small minority, sometimes they just stop killing eachother and end it in peace with both families putting it all behind and moving forward.
Yeah, must be with the katunare (villagers) who still follow these traditions because this is the first time I’ve heard of it
well yeah.. i live in North Macedonia next to Albania.. people think of that country as some God forsaken place.. but its not.. its beautifull..and life is finally getting better for them..for us as well.. we are not in great relationship politicly since the religion difference..but our people mostly like each other :) i love it there.. and they love it here :) they can even work here since the payment is a bit higher..so from somewhat enemies we kinda became like brothers.. i hope it goes even better with the new generations.. :S religion should never be an issue :S since we have almost the same traditions and culture..i hate it that some people still have hate in their hearts :S
@B Plancher No its not true !
@@darkodarko9 We dont have the same traditions, and u cant say our country is good when in reality isnt.. Its good as long as u have conection. Yes we are neighboor but this countru some city are albanian thats why albanian live here. But liked the phrase lets live in peace , and should respect everyone and every religion.
Noooooo. We Kosovars never do this. In god we trust, the words of god lead to the right path. Only twisted Athiests still practice these. Its not a Katunare(villager) or not problem.
Those who know the lek Dukagjinis code, our code of honour tells that we should not take revenge on women and on old people, those who do are not real Albanians
No women and children
Was Ernesto Guevara an Albanian?.
florian heta This isn’t a tradition anymore among Albanians and its long gone!
Same with Chechens
Thot qe duhet gran mej vra nese nuk i qet buk me krip musafirve. Kuku ta pshurrsha kanunin e dreqit
see a street vendor , buy from them they have a reason to be outside in the cold selling nuts . Hope they got somewhere better
You are not making a living as a street vendor like that, and there's likely no contribution to society since they are almost certainly not paying tax. See a street vendor, leave them be, giving them your small change is only prolonging their decision to continue doing that.
Buy what? Deez nuts?
@@kaamos79 I don't know where you live but in London you can't just pop up, sell stuff and not pay taxes or have a vending permit. If it wasn't giving him some money he wouldn't be doing it. Hopefully for him, with his visa regularised, he'll be able to get better employment.
A follow up documentary would be nice. Did they go to London? What happened to their grandparents
Yes. Currently safe and happy in London for over a year.
@@sm3675 wish the best for both of them
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@@sm3675 i wish you are one of the girls commenting here, and happy to se you safe. JU UROJ GJITHE TE MIRAT NE JETE!
@@sm3675 I hope they will return home soon
Glad to hear that they made it. That little girl seemed so bright and resourceful. I hope she's enjoying her new life.
Albania is such an incredibly beautiful country.
I'm sure you are saying that about every country.
To some extend I suppose that is true.
its not that beautiful, its rocky and without fertile land, thats why a lot of albanials live outside their borders, because their country is bad and cant support a lot of people
As someone living in one of the most heavily cultivated countries in Europe, I don't think fertility has much to do with beauty. But it is obviously true that this kind of harsh beauty doesn't tend to coincide with high development.
But I've been to Albania and found to be great alternative to some of more heavily visited Mediterranean countries like Greece.
TheMathius90 you're wrong. Many Albanians live outside Albania due to the fall of communism and the troubles that came with it and also due to the Yugoslav wars. Albania is very fertile though perhaps one of the most fertile and beautiful countries in Europe.
An incredible young girl. Strong, intelligent , beautiful. Well done to the mum for bringing her up. Hope everything works well for this family. God bless you all.
It’s not that hard
It is sad that they couldn't enjoy such a beautiful country
Respect to al jazeera for making this i guess it helped them to sort out the paper work in london(subscribe)
Thank you for your support.
Thank you for your support.
Al Jazeera is the best they are helping a lot of people around the world and they do not make a fuss of it.
filmi qe tregon realitetin
AJ does so nice documentaries and given their political obligation as a Qatari company, it’s much more balanced and fair than many others.
I haven't seen any thankful comments for Al Jazeera, so I am going to take the lead and state that this videos are visually beautiful and the stories are very touching. Furthermore, I have seen few media that is capable of portraying the relation between society, culture and statehood in such a pure way (it seems even an intention to avoid eurocentrism - matter that many western channels fail to commit) . Amazing videos Al Jazeera!
Agreed!
I‘m an albanian boy but this is just ridiculous to kill someone and even more to kill someone and take revenge. It‘s really sad that our head is sticking with revenge.
Te shohim a Fol kshtu kur ta vrasin nja te familjes tane
this life is unfair
I really hope they all made it including the grandma
They all made it, accept grandma which she passed away 2years ago in Albania.
Thanks for your concern
@@mirella_s1 i hope all the best for this family, albanian and Kosova hade suffered so much from blood feud
Otrant Illyria nice
@@mirella_s1 omg are they okay
And grandpa 💔😭
When people think of Europe they always think of Germany, France, Norway, Denmark... you know all the extremely rich and developed nations. Most people forget that there still exist fairly underdeveloped places in Europe, especially in the Balkan region.
Especially in America, they have no idea, imagine when they finally get to the West, and they get accused of having "white privilege" xD
@@Realizinq I live in america for a little time for Albania people from south( a little more tan) and north macedonia and a little bit from north and kosovo there is no privelage they still hate us but i also came after 9/11 so maybe thats why
I visited London in 2019. I recognize the dad. Walked by his stand while he was selling the caramelised peanuts near the Tate museum. Crazy how small this world is..
This is so sad... even tho im serbian i feel so sry for her and her family!
What does you being serbian have to do with being sad
What does your race has to do with it? You just need to be human to feel the pain of others, regardless of race, region, colour and religion.
@Heyzyen de usuti
@@yarrjan001 that's not race, it's nationality...
@@BUYSICKLE Ask Serb that is it a race or nationality? And let say, it's nationality what it has to do with the nationality ?
God bless my Albania sisters I been everywhere in the world and they don’t make em like you 👏.
Well, clearly you haven't been everywhere in the world then.
How many countries have you actually been to lol?
@155lb everyday not talking to you bro but thanks for the info
@155lb everyday lol no worries
The scene in the end where he selling is so sad 🥺 I wish the best for them
Oh my god kathrin from tvd 😳
@@Rrezik yes it’s me
it isn't easy to be an immigrant usally people have to do these jobs to survive
I pray for you and your family that everything goes your way 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Maybe this worked in the 15th century, but blood feuds shouldn’t exist in a modern society.
I understand that policing can be corrupt, or almost non existent, but it isn’t this 13 year old girl’s fault that her brother killed another young man. She has missed years of school, and now she will need to catch up on her schooling in the UK as well as learning another language!. This will be so difficult, she has no idea what a precarious position she is in now even in the relative safety of London. The other family should be ashamed of themselves! Would you really continue to threaten the life of a child, and force them to leave their own country just so you can avenge the death of a loved one? Shouldn’t you be the ones to end the bloodshed?. I assume you are all Christians, so what did Jesus say? To love your neighbour, to turn the other cheek? To forgive those who have sinned against you?. You should do the noble and righteous thing and leave this family alone, your quarrel is with the killer not his family.
For my family i gone kill hes hole generation
muslim and some very isolated catholic families follow these laws. christian albanians dont follow these laws and rely on modern day laws.
Well you know revenge isnt something wrong its just you take what they took from you.
Hey. You know how they say Albanians are free? What makes you think we will listen to the government? Your high if you’d believe that.
@@hoodshqipez9347 it is wrong because it's not the responsibility of the other family members.
What a beautiful place though. So sorry for the dad that he has to resort to selling peanuts in London when he has a beautiful farm back home
if albanian 13 year old girls are this brave... imagine the boys/men
Like the brave boys/men who want to kill a 13 year old girl ? Must be very brave i admit
lol go to the red light district
@Albo Bossi say it to my face bahahahah loser
@Shaban Ajeti Læssøegade 7 kbh 2200
@Shaban Ajeti so u coming
I pray they make it
Also pray for the young victim that they killed.
They probably didn't since it's a small chance to escape from a blood feud
@@drogirashi3145 in the blood code its said that women and children cannot be killed. Only grown men.
I wonder how their lives have changed in those three years... Wish them all the best! Hopefully they are in London living a better life!
They are all in London thanks for your concern. They are my relatives
@@mirella_s1 Alhamdullillah. Good to hear. I had a Albanian friend that fled to Canada for a while until returning to Belgium, because of this issue.
This is sad indeed. Is Albania part of the EU with this archaic edifice of a tradition? I can marry Migena and she can come to New York.
And Albania country sideooks idyllic and picturesque. I hope the Country modernizes some of it's more drastic traditions like Kanum.
This was interesting. I know some Albanians here and I will challenge on their thoughts. Anyway more importantly how is the Government over there?
How is the mass exodus of the youth affecting the Country?
@@mirella_s1 I want to write to Migena. Please help me connect with her.
@@mirella_s1 me behet shume qejfi qe jane ne londer, po me vllain cfare u be? Akoma brenda eshte?
This made me cry, I hope London is so beautiful, I do not know what has been done with this family but I hope they are fine🙏
Aq sa të vuajtur jemi po aq jemi të bekuar😢 ❤️🖤 shkollohuni, punoni, krijoni familje, veproni dhe frymoni shqip.
not a life for a dog, poor thing.
I cried, Migena it breaks my heart, the laws are si stupid with this under 18 she can clearly not make it alone in Albania especially in their situation I don't even want to think what the members of the other family can do to her :'( I hope God helps them
No need to cry, the other family will not do anything to this girl. In the book of the kanun it is forbidden to kill a woman, it brings shame to the house that kills the woman. No woman or women can revenge a man according to this book. I know because i have read the book. This tv show is a feeble attempt on this family part to gain sympathy from viewers and send a copy of the tape to the English embassy to try and gain an asylum. In the history of Albania only 1 woman has been killed due to this blood feuds and even she was killed with a sniper while plowing in the mountains. She had short hair and was wearing pants, she was clearly mistaken for a man when she was shot.
I can sit here all day and tell you guys that the sky is blue but with someone who likes to argue no matter how many points you make or truth i tell it will still be argued. With your theory to kill women, today we are changing a book with laws that is more than 500 years old. What should we name it? Before you name this new book with your set of rules, i want to remind you guys of another fact that today in 2017 in Albania a man is still worth more than a woman. Don't believe me? Just look up the hospital requests on abortions in Albania.
Yes i did watch the video and once again i'm telling you that this is drama caused by non other than the family so they can have the English embassy believe that their lives are in danger to gain asylum. I doubt that you are Albanian, you have either used google translator or you were born in US and speak basic Albanian. If you were a born Albanian than you would know that the kanun clearly states that a woman will never avenge a man. Women are untouchable. For generations males have been locked in blood feuds while women did shopping and all the other errands outside. If you kill a woman to avenge a man than that kill will not count and will bring shame to the ones avenging. You will also be in double trouble because the family of the woman will come after your family for killing their sister. You go from 1 blood feud to 2 blood feuds within 24 hours and you have still to avenge that first kill you were trying to. It makes no sense why anyone in his right mind would kill a woman.
George Castriot Skënderbe this story same as Migena Happen to me😩
Theres other countries they can go to...
This is not even a tradition anymore, it’s long gone but in very rare cases they believe the kanun
Good. It does nothing but hold your people back. Leave damaging traditions in the past.
Yes its true its very rare now
Rare but still existing. I know people who are still in feud today, for things that happened 15 years ago..why? Mostly because they want money. They'll give you besa in exchange for money and play with your fear...
Norh albania their is this till today
Very little people do it today, it clearly dies out.
I have seen a film about this, called Falja e Gjakut or The Forgiveness of Blood...not trying to be insensitive towards the Albanian culture or anything like that, but this documentary carries the same message as the film, in which the practice of blood-feuding (gjakmarrja) only causes more pain and hardship, and it is often the perpetrators' loved ones who have to suffer the worst consequences despite little or no involvement...
True story, nobody wins in these kind of situations. The one that suffers the least is the actual victim that dies.
True the one that does the first murder mayby runs away his whole family and cousins and the whole last name all the men have to lock them self in the houses or they get killed. There are many ”tribes” that all men have died. Both sides
These laws were always the reason why albanians as an ethnic group where never unified even until now.
The only times where the tribes didnt hate each other was under skanderbeg rule.
Tbf this rule only applies in north albania and since the fall of communism albanians are only being unified more and more.
Albanians in kosovo and macedonia are way nicer to each other than albanians in albania
in Albania the blood code (Kanuni) barely happens anymore its mostly around the deep parts of albania where this culture still lives. Come to the west and middle of albania and you wont see those kind of stuff infact its very peaceful.
She's near were I am from I'm now in Canada my family had to leave the country because this too
If you left home because of this than why are you showing your face and informing the people where you live? In Canada you can get killed as easily as you can get killed in Albania, if not easier. I'm just saying.
T Bone Albanian family travel to Canada to commit an honour killing it wouldn't happen even if he provided his address
Are you sure of that? Maybe you want to ask the man here Donny if he would share his name and address before you make such comment. Honor killings take place in the USA where i live which has far more stricter laws, let alone in Canada and other countries. You may want to google that before you come back with a clever comment. I'm just trying to save you from embarrassing yourself, that's all.
T Bone honor killings happen all over the world I am not disputing that what I am trying to say is that is it is virtually impossible for an Albanian family to travel undetected all the way to Canada to commit an honor killing
@@tbone1785 Haha. I went to Albania with my friend (btw I'm from Kosovo) when I was about 11 and my other 11 year old friend brought a knife of of someone casually selling knives and they almost stabbed each other. People will slice your head of there for 30 euros man come on. The police barely do anything at all there unlike Canada supported by so many 1st world countries in so many ways and invest in services much more than Albania. Facts.
O zot i madh ndihmo keta njerez🙏🙏🙏
If any of the family members see this in the future will you reply to this and give us an update on your situation please.
I want to learn it as well buddy... let's hope they are all good now !
They made it to London. Grandma passed away 2 years ago.
@@ireneshqipe1353 RIP grandma
they are currently in UK
@notebook1709 no they are not they life in UK free as a Bird!
I feel sad. Those girls never bothered anyone.
We are in tears watching this video. But thank you Al Jazeera. Please answer us, whats the ending?
They are in London now all family is together since a year ago .
I love how close their family are.
In Madagascar, revenge killing can be settled with by offering oxen to the family and admit who is wrong. It must be control fast because it can ravage a village.
In the 90s, there was a big push in Kosovo (also an Albanian majority country, and some people who followed the kanun) to end blood feuds and it was mostly successful. They’re practically non-existent now. There needs to be a similar initiative in Albania.
This breaks my heart my Grandfather was from Northern Albania
Very interesting. It’s probably a far fetched question, but do you know any Albanian words?
@@alb0zfinest Not really ! But I'm working on it..I have a new friend that's very Albaian !!
Sadly I know people involved in a blood feud and it’s very sad, god help that family
What makes me so angry is the injustice of it: The men f* up an the whole family of women suffers for it.
I can see in Beta's eyes she is resenting her life. I wish she can live again.
Never seen such a emotional Moments. God bless Albanians and shqiperine toneeeeeeeee. Well done
Happy for them lovely family sad situation nice to see they were united at the end
O zot sa gynah :( a breee zoti forcoj keto zemrat e pafajshem plotsoja endrrat :(
@El Nino Brown no! Im Albanian,Bro.
@El Nino Brown No,Arifović is Not a Serbian SURNAME .. its a BOSNIAN Name :)
Its Okey.
me kanun femna nuk preket
lol london isnt that beautiful actually
If you compare it to the place where the girl currently lives, i would say it is a beautiful place.
T Bone not at all she would rather stay in her homeland of Albania than ever see London had she a choice
Please read before commenting. SimplyGuided stated that London is not that beautiful. I said, comparing to where the girl currently lives London is a beautiful place. Have you ever been in both places to compare? I know i have been in both places and i can tell you first hand from experience that London is like heaven comparing to where she lives. YES, she has a choice. Nobody is out to kill her, this is just an attempt on her part to gain sympathy to obtain her visa and permanent status in London. Again, i'm Albanian and i know the rules and laws of the Kanun so i can easily tell you that she has a choice but pretends like she does not.
T Bone I have been to Tirana and I have been to London based on the life this girl has lead and the area she is used to before living in fear to an honor killing she would much rather stay where she is not everyone is blinded by the bright lights and desire a materialistic lifestyle some people are happy with what they've got and don't wish to know what else is out there not every Albanian is after a visa don't judge others by your own standards I am from Diber so I think I also have the knowledge to comment on this
T bone Your statement ridiculous! They clearly miss they're daddy and want be with him. Your analogy is actually sickening. Wtf are you doing in another country then?
I will be praying for this wonderful family. The father looked so heavy-hearted :(
He murdered a child..
@@Lara-xu3yc He didnt though. It was his son
@@Lara-xu3yc your also blind?
@@Samira-su9xp can you time stamp that? I must have missed it
there are 2 types of people:
the ones that say revenge is a fool’s game
and the ones saying revenge is a dish best served cold.
Random but are you japanese or something?
Dhasht Zoti që mos të ketë vrasje me se kur i shikoj keto rastë zëmra me dhëmb. shpresoj që edhe ata që janë në hasmëri të pajtohen sa më parë
this need a part two
vajzat ne kanun nuk preken.
As an Albanian, I feel ashamed that we haven't done enough to make this practice extinct. I pray to Zot (God in Albanian) that this stain clears itself as quick as possible.
Extinct?whatchu mean
@@jovanasimeunovic4585 I'm saying I wish the blood feuds disappeared.
gjaku lahet me gjak
@@euronbuci3664 gjaku edhe falet.
@@DarioHaruni varet, ne qoftese esht padashje
This family look nice and lovely, but the Albanian mafia is causing some damages in London at the moment. Now I understand why!
Fake news
@Me Rodriguez, not as much as some Latinos in USA
Albanians are very proud and strong people, but that doesnt mean they have not a good heart.
Albanians have the biggest heart of all other races.
@Reborn what else?
@Reborn Hahahahahahahahahahah , is good to Dream!
Tu dua shum Albania from Qatar❤️
I tell you what I been in the UK for 7 years now I studied I have a higher qualification. But I'm still struggling to read properly!
But look at this wonderful girl she just reads very well! I'm so glad!
Tash qe po e shoh une kane kaluar 3 vjet...
Shpresoj te keni gjetur zgjidhje !!!
Zoti ju bekoft dhe ju dhente force te gjithe si familje...
😢
Edhe une shpresoj
Zoti ju bafte ndhime kesaje familje .Se shtete mongon....
I love how he says “in the name of Christ it will work out” and the lady says “inshallah”
That’s how it should be
All christians in muslim/arab countries use that word. Why are people making such big deal out of it?
@@1sanitat1
For some of us we only hear about the tension and conflicts. When you hear Muslim saying “Jesus Christ” and Christian saying “Allah Akbar” it’s hopeful .. I personally don’t hear it a lot so...it’s big deal lol
@@1sanitat1 albanian is an illyrian country and not arab not muslim or anything. I am a Muslim and our families have no problems with inter-faith marriages. 1 people under 1 God.
@@meroqero1476 Oh c'mon lol
@@1sanitat1 Ehmm.... he is right? We will never lose our Traditions and Freedom because of some invasions that destroyed this country.
"Kanun" means law in Arabic where the term was originally used for thousands of years with a meaning closer to "set of rules" than the canon of the law. i.e. Kanun el Teb, or the rules of medicine written by Al Khawarazmi in the 11th century. A treatise viewed as a set of medical rules that were still in use in Europe until around 1620.
The expression "canon of the law" used in French and English as well as its equivalent in other languages, comes from Kanun which still means law in Arabic. In this video, it refers to a tribal law or a mode of conduct. A set of local rules or local law.
Kanon is a Greek word.
in Albanian kanun used in 1470 from one man.LEK DUKAGJINI.Albania have 3 or 4 kanun diferent.
That criminal who pulled the trigger should've thought better.
Exactly...
Too early to judge, you don't know exactly what happened.
@@knowledge_harvester We actually do know what happened, the brother of these girls killed a boy from that other family, it is them who say that and guessing by them not even mentioning that brother almost at all and not trying to defend him we can assume that there is nothing to defend...
@@armija most likely
Exactly, that’s what i said too
This is exactly the same medieval german law called SIPPENHAFT!!!
Feel for her and the females of the family but what about the family of the kid that was killed and why did her brother kill the kid?
Grandma was only faking not being able to chop wood. She knew the granddaughter would come over and do it for her. Grandma ain't Stoopid!
I'm glad they were able to get out of there.
Albanian
language sounds extremly beautiful
that's gheg Albanian, more like German aggressive
Omg oh nooo,,,,
Vajze e vogel ,,Zoti Ju ndihmofte ,,,
The are so beautiful 😍 the don’t deserve to go through all this. 😢😢😢
what if they were ugly ?
I cant read the text at the end because its blocked by that photo, what does it say before Rejected? 24:48
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The best thing which should happen for all those poor people there who are in danger of blood revenge is not to escape the country they love and seek asylum abroad, but the authorities to introduce some sort of new rules and policies to help them sort these tough situations. Escape is not the answer. Change of the situation is.
I saw Christian icons in the house of this family. If both families believe in Christ, in His name they could be brought together and talk about the problems and the pain. Talking through how much it has hurt for both families to lose siblings to blood revenge and give each other forgiveness would be the cure for this pain.
Albanians, fight for your beautiful country and your people and change it to be a safer place for the future generations.
We do the same in 🇲🇽. The guy who killed my cousin was years later kidnapped, dragged, and then his head cut off. Cartel vengeance, Saint Death and Aztec religion, is why there's so many killings.
She’s only 13?😢😢😢😢😢
These are two really Clever Girls! I wish them only the Best and a bright Future!!
Makes chicago look like Disney Land
Leave that poor chain dog free just freee
Its for his safety cause people might kill him if he gets lost
I'm Jamaican. I know all about blood vendettas..
Calling these people backwards is extremely dumb and idiotic. the reason they appear dumb is because they are ancient. they are so ancient that the laws of ancient times are still around to this day, although not in their intended form. blood feuds were common practice in identical form to the kanun in all of Scandinavia, before christianity wiped it out. I think in Albania,due to the chaotic history of waves of invasions, the Christianity was not able to unify the country and wipe out the kanun,. in other words, chaos anarchy and war retarded the development of this country which found refuge in its traditions to survive. very similar history has also occurreed in southern italy who have almost identical blood feud laws with north albania to this day
You’re just playing semantics, ancient and backwards are about one and the same lol. Ancient = old, from/in the past. Backwards is the same.
This is so stupid. Pretty selfish and self centered of the adults. The children are the ones that suffer with people like this. " Its their culture " is a bullshit excuse !!!
I believe it's not real "Kanun", my albanians friends told me that revenge is only about men.
This is so sad if I could I would help her to get to London to start a new life would be her friend hope she sees this
i so wish we could save the people in the world who needed it without anyone geting hurt.
and i wish we could save the world as well.
I am half Albanian and half Italian, my father (who is Albanian) always told my mother and me that he would never take us on holiday to northern Albania, because bad people live in those regions, who hate foreigners. Basically he told us that it was a dangerous place for everyone, so he never took us to the north of Albania, he always took us to the center and south of Albania
Where is your father from ? North middle or south?
@@BornvsMe He is from the center of Albania, from Elbasan
@@Samah_Morph_exe Haha. Say hello to your father. I'm from that area too and I support what your father said to you. The north is wild.
@@BornvsMe ahahah okay, I'll greet him from you.
He has always been very strict about holidays, he always told us that the north, in particular some areas, are dangerous for foreigners, sometimes even for Albanians.
@@Samah_Morph_exe It's true. There have been some foreign visitors missing there, the last one was 3/4 years ago if you remember. A couple was killed.
10:10 it depend on the judges, what a system where everything depends on a person rater rule of law.
I understand what you are saying, but at the same time im split. On one hand this girl deserves some safety to grow up in. But at the same time I dont think london/england is the best place for them. A conservative traditional family like that in a modern western country? Tbh I think they would fit beter in a more conservative country.
@@Markuden Yet london is now home to the most conservative kinds of refugees who are doing fairly well in a progressive society where women wear bikinis and shorts not burkhas. and the fact that the father is in england right now not hurting anyone like some people from the previous group I don't think your judgement on this decision holds value.
Its onether way of saying ,if the judge can be bribed it would be helpful.
@@Markuden albanias capital is also progressive though thtere are many girls with tattoos and shorts in albania
I'm very curious if they made it
Eva Çiçiku hopefully update soon
Im sure they have they are in london but soon they will forget their origin and they will be english style
Eva Çiçiku they are my cousins and they are in London now 1 year a go
@@mirella_s1 good to hear
Ernis Mucaj of course i am from shkodra lol
Anyone reading this going through a difficult time in life please stay strong and you will overcome it. ❤️💪
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We need a follow-up!!
So sed for this girl 🇦🇱😥🙏🤲
Sad*
I grow up with this... as i was 10 year
We was with 2 family in blood fued...
...the most for kids is that terrible...
but it is in our blood... hope that "Tradition " will end ...
If that was the case i would literally wipe out those 2 familys so mine survive. Suprise attack on the familys if my family was in any kinda danger. I lived in bosnia and herzegovina my whole family had ak 47s due to how dangerous it was and then 1992 the genocide came and :(. Worst time of my life after the war i had to leave my homeeland and never been back my houses were bombed and complete destroyed. I wanha go back but have no money to rebuild my dads property. Life is crazy i wish we could behave more humanely. Everywhere i go its the same thing we have governments but they do not help us this world indeed is a sad place :(
@@jokervbatman5023 God bless you
@Vard X its exactly what happened in bosnia we were all brothers then we turned on each other civil war thats why it was a genocide
This is one side of the story, that douche brother of theirs should have faced consequences of what he did by himself instead of putting his family through this. What about that "other" family whose boy was murdered?? Al Jazeera should have made a video of them too so we have a full picture...
you could tell her growth has been severely stunted from being stuck in the house and out of school for so long. She sounds like a kid the way she talks about things, not a 13 year old.
So people dont mess with Albania people think about your familys
Is there any update video on this?
they are currently in UK
Kanun is Ottoman law which was based on Shari'a. If a murderer was caught the victim's family can chose either to let him be executed or he must pay restitution (blood money) and keep his life. This law is part of Shari'a to avoid exactly this family/tribal feuds.
Yassin, the Kanun is from a Lekë Dukagjini 15 Centyri with Katolik Religion,had nothing with Otoman or Sharia.
People complain about living in America and seeing this makes me even more irradiated
zoti ju bekofte..