Nobel LaureateMother Teresa

[abul]

Was the Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa's father an Albanian Muslim of Turkish origin?

[Clanad]

Although this excerpt from a detailed biography doesn't explicitly state her father's religious affilitation, it's highly unlikely, given the times and cultural conditions that she would have been baptised and confirmed as a Roman Catholic had parents not been members as well. "...She was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, a city situated at the crossroads of Balkan history. The youngest of the children born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, she was baptised Gonxha Agnes, received her First Communion at the age of five and a half and was confirmed in November 1916..." (Source: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/sa ints/ns_lit_doc_20031019_madre-teresa_en.html )

[Mr Veritas]

This is from an American/Islamic Website:~

Mother Teresa was of ethnic Albanian origin, born Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in the Macedonian city of Skopje in 1910. Perhaps because she became renowned in India , rather than the Balkans, and because Albanians are an isolated nation of which the rest of the world knows little, her childhood has been obscured. Her background as an Albanian Catholic was distinguished by intense ethnic pride and dedication to the church. When she was born, her family were subjects of the Ottoman empire, and the creation of an independent Albania was still two years distant, finally coming about in 1912. While they account for no more than 12 to 15 percent of all Albanians, who are Muslim in their majority, the Albanian Catholics have always been leaders of their nation in education, literature, and politics. Albanians in general represent a valuable example of a people among whom religious differences have remained insignificant

The answer to your question (going by the above) seems to be no.It is probable that both Mother Teresa's Mother AND Father were Albanian Catholics.

[Mr Veritas]

PS:~Some more here,
�A dinner party and great celebration was organized at the Bojaxhiu�s house on the occasion of The Declaration of Independence on the 28 of November 1912.
Hospitality was part of Nikolla�s spirit: his house was for everyone, from the poor people of Skopje up to the bishop, who did live in this house.

On that special evening the house was full with Albanian patriots, who discussed, sang and plaid the mandolin till dawn.

The host did not hide his sympathy and stand towards the Albanian national cause. Such an engagement made him part of the Movement that was founded after WW I and aimed at getting the Kosova province, that was inhabited mainly by Albanians back to Albania. That was the reason why Nikoll� Bojaxhiu went to Belgrade in 1919 to attend a political meeting.
He was fit as a fiddle when he left and was accompanied by his colleague, a member of the town council.
But, on his way back, accompanied by the Italian Consul he fell seriously ill. He was immediately delivered to the hospital because of haemorrhage, but even the surgery could not save his life. Nikoll� Bojaxhiu was 45 years old when he died.
The cause of his elimination is still a secret, but his relatives and the doctor were convinced that the Serbian criminals had poisoned him

As hew was a supporter of Albanian Freedom against the (Muslim) Serbs,I don't think he could have been Muslim himself.

[Mr Veritas]

PPS:~
To finish with,this is a page from another website,

Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, a northern Macedonian town and capital of the Ottoman province of the Kossovo Vilayet, where her father (of Vlach minority) was a successful merchant. Her parents had three children, and Agnes Gonxha was the youngest. Her parents, Nikoll� (Kol�) and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, came from the city of Prizren in the south of Kosovo. They were Catholics, even though most Albanians are Muslim and the majority of the population.



As you will see,both her Mother & Father were ethnic (Catholic) Albanians from the town of Prizren.

[Mr Veritas]

This REALLY is the last! LOL
Mothere Teresa's ethnic origins are Vlach,which is a Christian enclave of (Muslim) Serbia.
They are Christian Orthodox,not Catholic,but of course Mother Teresa's Father probably became Catholic when he married her Mother?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlachs_of_Serbia