{"id":80244,"date":"2025-09-14T22:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80244"},"modified":"2025-09-14T22:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:14:48","slug":"missionary-of-blood-feud-reconciliation-why-the-kanun-resolves-conflicts-better-than-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/missionary-of-blood-feud-reconciliation-why-the-kanun-resolves-conflicts-better-than-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Missionary of Blood Feud Reconciliation: Why the Kanun Resolves Conflicts Better Than the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In an exclusive interview for the program <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Review<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, renowned blood-feud mediator Adem Isufi spoke about the continuing role of the <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Kanun of Lek\u00eb Dukagjini<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> in resolving conflicts in northern Albania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Isufi emphasized that, unlike state law, the Kanun is more effective in building peace and reconciliation between opposing sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe Kanun has provisions for everything. It has found a solution for every kind of event that occurs in life,\u201d said Isufi, highlighting that traditional rules deliver justice to the wronged party in ways the modern legal system cannot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">According to him, while state law punishes offenders without offering restitution to the victims, the Kanun obliges the guilty party to repair the damage caused, thus paving the way for forgiveness and reconciliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe law punishes; he serves his sentence while state employees are paid. But the victim gets nothing. When the offender is released, the conflict remains as it was the day it began. The Kanun makes the guilty party return the damage, and only then can reconciliation happen\u2014they shake hands, and the conflict is gone forever,\u201d Isufi explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Having worked for years as a reconciliation missionary in troubled areas, Isufi noted that many citizens still turn to him for conflict resolution, though he admitted that disputes today are often more complex and harder to mediate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe exist as missionaries because people come to us to resolve conflicts. But the problems happening now are difficult and often not well-understood. If I know about a conflict, I go and talk to both sides. I tell them: you must act in this way to separate peacefully from each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Isufi stressed that the true purpose of the Kanun is not revenge, but peace and honorable resolution\u2014facilitated by a third party who brings lasting calm and reconciliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe Kanun exists to resolve conflicts and bring peace. When a missionary intervenes with the Kanun, the conflict disappears.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">At the end of the interview, Adem Isufi delivered a strong message about life and the respect owed to human dignity:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cNo person has the right to take another person\u2019s life, except God who has given it. 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