▁Protest ant ▁organizations , ▁mostly ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁Evangel ical ▁Bro ther hood ▁( V ë lla z ë ria ▁Ung j ill ore ▁Sh q ipt are ). ▁ ▁These ▁are ▁only ▁the ▁official ▁statistics ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁however , ▁and ▁since ▁then ▁much ▁has ▁changed . ▁ ▁Bash kim ▁Z en eli , ▁former ▁Alban ian ▁amb assador ▁to ▁Greece , ▁said ▁that ▁about ▁ 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Alban ians ▁have ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁Greece ▁in ▁ 2 0 ▁years , ▁and ▁around ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁them ▁have ▁returned ▁to ▁Alban ia . ▁From ▁this , ▁around ▁ 2 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁Muslim ▁by ▁her itage , ▁and ▁around ▁ 8 5 , 0 0 0 ▁have ▁returned ▁to ▁Alban ia . ▁Although ▁they ▁presently ▁live ▁in ▁Alban ia , ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁them ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁Orth odox . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 – 2 0 0 8 ▁Gall up ▁pol ls , ▁ 6 3 % ▁of ▁Alban ians ▁state ▁that ▁religion ▁does ▁not ▁play ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁their ▁lives . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁census ▁performed ▁before ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁a ▁rough ▁distribution ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁was ▁ 7 0 % ▁Muslim , ▁ 2 0 % ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox , ▁and ▁ 1 0 % ▁Roman ▁Catholic . ▁ 6 5 % ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁Muslim s