▁g ymnas iums , ▁or ▁work sh ops ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁By ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁religious ▁institutions ▁had ▁been ▁forced ▁to ▁rel in qu ish ▁all ▁ 2 , 1 6 9 ▁churches , ▁mos ques , ▁clo ister s , ▁and ▁shr ines ▁in ▁Alban ia , ▁many ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁converted ▁into ▁cultural ▁cent res ▁for ▁young ▁people . ▁As ▁the ▁literary ▁month ly ▁N end ori ▁reported ▁the ▁event , ▁the ▁youth ▁had ▁thus ▁" created ▁the ▁first ▁at he ist ▁nation ▁in ▁the ▁world ." ▁ ▁The ▁cler gy ▁were ▁public ly ▁vil ified ▁and ▁hum ili ated , ▁their ▁vest ments ▁taken ▁and ▁des ec r ated . ▁More ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 ▁cler ics ▁of ▁various ▁faith s ▁were ▁imprison ed , ▁others ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁seek ▁work ▁in ▁either ▁industry ▁or ▁agricult ure , ▁and ▁some ▁were ▁executed ▁or ▁star ved ▁to ▁death . ▁The ▁monaster y ▁of ▁the ▁Francis can ▁order ▁in ▁Sh k od ë r ▁was ▁set ▁on ▁fire , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁four ▁elder ly ▁mon ks . ▁ ▁A ▁major ▁center ▁for ▁anti - rel ig ious ▁propag anda ▁was ▁the ▁National ▁Museum ▁of ▁A the ism ▁() ▁in ▁Sh k od ë r , ▁the ▁city ▁viewed ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁religious ly ▁conserv ative . ▁ ▁Article ▁ 3 7 ▁of ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁Constitution ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁st