such influences are very rarely visible. The majority of Roma Muslims belong to Sufi brotherhoods, a sizeable number of practising Albanian Muslims also. In most of the western half of Kosovo, nearly every village has at least one Sufi brotherhood. Albanians in the mountainous 'Sufi belt' of Kosovo have chased away many of their Roma or Gorani neighbours, even though they often belonged to the same Sufi brotherhoods Interfaith relations There have long been contacts between the Islamic Community of Kosovo and the Catholic Church in Kosovo, and in 2011 regular meetings began at the level of Mufti and Bishops both of the Catholic Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo. But for most of Kosovo's history, there has been a rift between Serbian Orthodox Christianity versus Albanian Catholic Christianity and Albanian Sunni Islam, as existing in the country. Political influence While individual politicians may be influenced in their attitudes or decisions by Islamic beliefs, only one political party, the Justice Party (Alb: Partia e Drejtësisë), includes in its party programme a commitment to traditional Islamic values. It argued in 2010 for Islamic religious teaching in state schools for children from families with a Muslim family background: this was rejected by the Kosovo Assembly. In the parliamentary elections in Kosovo it took part in an electoral coalition led by the AKR (Alliance for a New Kosovo), together with firmly secular parties, presumably because it was unlikely to reach the threshold for parliamentary representation on its own. The AKR coalition itself came in fourth place in the elections with 7.29% of the total vote. (In the 2001 elections the Kosovo Christian Democratic Party, a Kosovo Albanian political entity, won one seat in the Assembly elections; its leadership included people with Muslim names). Gallery See also Islamic Community of Kosova Bosniaks in Kosovo Gorani people Turks in Kosovo Religion in Kosovo Christianity in Kosovo Notes References Sources Further reading External links Qendra për Studime Islame Bashkësia Islame e Kosovës (dedicated to the study, research, and documentation of the destruction and damage of historic heritage during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s. The website contains judicial documents from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)).