Macedonians subject to religious tensions

http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/images/2012/02/03/MISKOphoto.jpg By Misko Taleski for Southeast European Times in Struga 03/02/12 The government and religious communities are attempting to calm the situation following the burning of two Macedonian Orthodox churches. The situation in Struga is calming down, residents say, after Muslims held violent protests this week and last, causing a series of religious-based incidents. Tensions flared between Christians and minority Muslims after a January 13th Vevcani carnival, in which Orthodox Christian men dressed as women in burkas and mocked the Quran