ans ▁during ▁the ▁occupation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁was ▁declared ▁auto ce phal ous . ▁ ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁the ▁first ▁official ▁religious ▁census ▁was ▁carried ▁out . ▁Re iter ating ▁conventional ▁Ott oman ▁data ▁from ▁a ▁century ▁earlier ▁which ▁previously ▁covered ▁double ▁the ▁new ▁state ' s ▁territory ▁and ▁population , ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁was ▁grouped ▁as ▁Sun ni ▁Muslim , ▁ 2 0 % ▁as ▁Orth odox ▁Christian , ▁ 2 0 % ▁as ▁Be kt ashi ▁Muslim ▁and ▁ 1 0 % ▁as ▁Catholic ▁Christian . ▁ ▁The ▁mon archy ▁was ▁determined ▁that ▁religion ▁should ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁a ▁foreign - orient ed ▁master ▁div iding ▁the ▁Alban ians , ▁but ▁a ▁national ized ▁servant ▁unit ing ▁them . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁that ▁newspaper ▁editor ial s ▁began ▁to ▁dispar age ▁the ▁almost ▁universal ▁ad option ▁of ▁Muslim ▁and ▁Christian ▁names , ▁suggesting ▁instead ▁that ▁children ▁be ▁given ▁neutral ▁Alban ian ▁names . ▁ ▁Official ▁s log ans ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁everywhere . ▁" Rel ig ion ▁separ ates , ▁patri ot ism ▁un ites ." ▁" We ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁Muslim , ▁Orth odox , ▁Catholic , ▁we ▁are ▁all ▁Alban ians ." ▁" O ur ▁religion ▁is ▁Alban ism ." ▁The ▁national ▁h ymn ▁character ized ▁neither ▁Muhammad ▁nor ▁Jesus ▁Christ , ▁but ▁King ▁Z og u ▁as ▁" Sh p ë tim t