What is your date of birth, "Shaykh al-Albani," and were you born in Damascus or in Albania?
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The questioner : As for the date of birth, my Shaykh, what year was it, I mean?
The Shaykh : Of course, we have nothing to rely on for this dating except what is called the memory card, or the identity card, or the passport. The one registered there is 1914 by the Christian calendar. That is it.
The questioner : Yes, was your birthplace in Damascus, my Shaykh, or in Albania?
The Shaykh : No, my birth was in Shkodra, which was the capital of Albania at that time. And in the time of this Zog, Ahmed Zog, he moved the capital to Tirana. So my birth was in Shkodra, in Albania.
The Shaykh : Of course, we have nothing to rely on for this dating except what is called the memory card, or the identity card, or the passport. The one registered there is 1914 by the Christian calendar. That is it.
The questioner : Yes, was your birthplace in Damascus, my Shaykh, or in Albania?
The Shaykh : No, my birth was in Shkodra, which was the capital of Albania at that time. And in the time of this Zog, Ahmed Zog, he moved the capital to Tirana. So my birth was in Shkodra, in Albania.