ip ulated , ▁" The ▁State ▁recogn ises ▁no ▁religion , ▁and ▁supports ▁at he istic ▁propag anda ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁impl ant ▁a ▁scientific ▁material istic ▁world ▁out look ▁in ▁the ▁people ", ▁and ▁the ▁pen al ▁code ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁im posed ▁prison ▁sentences ▁of ▁three ▁to ▁ten ▁years ▁for ▁" rel ig ious ▁propag anda ▁and ▁the ▁production , ▁distribution , ▁or ▁storage ▁of ▁religious ▁literature ." ▁A ▁new ▁dec ree ▁that ▁in ▁effect ▁target ed ▁Alban ians ▁with ▁Islam ic ▁and ▁religious ly - ting ed ▁Christian ▁names ▁st ip ulated ▁that ▁citizens ▁whose ▁names ▁did ▁not ▁conform ▁to ▁" the ▁political , ▁ide ological , ▁or ▁moral ▁standards ▁of ▁the ▁state " ▁were ▁to ▁change ▁them . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁decre ed ▁that ▁towns ▁and ▁villages ▁with ▁religious ▁names ▁must ▁be ▁renamed . ▁H ox ha ' s ▁brut al ▁ant ire lig ious ▁campaign ▁succeeded ▁in ▁er adic ating ▁formal ▁worship , ▁but ▁some ▁Alban ians ▁continued ▁to ▁practice ▁their ▁faith ▁c land est in ely , ▁risk ing ▁severe ▁pun ishment . ▁Ind ividual s ▁caught ▁with ▁B ibles , ▁icons , ▁or ▁other ▁religious ▁objects ▁faced ▁long ▁prison ▁sentences . ▁Relig ious ▁wed d ings ▁were ▁prohib ited . ▁Par ents ▁were ▁afraid ▁to ▁pass ▁on ▁their ▁faith , ▁for ▁fear ▁that ▁their ▁children ▁would ▁tell ▁others . ▁Official s ▁tried ▁to ▁ent rap ▁pract icing ▁Christians ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁during ▁religious ▁fast s , ▁such ▁as ▁L ent ▁and ▁Ram ad