The Shaykh asks about the source of funds in Albania

The Shaykh: All right, but where does the money come from? There is poverty there.
The student: Now, naturally, after the opening up, capital began to enter Albania. Western capital started entering Albania, especially for purchasing land, and also Arab capital; you can see a part of it. There are also international organizations and embassies. This matter also entails services that these people want, in addition to the fact that these companies also want to employ a number of Albanians. So, there is now commercial activity within Albania. There is land; a number of people feel that Albania is now an area where, if you secure a position now, in the future that position will be worth a lot to you. So, there are people who take risks, or think about the future, and that is why investments came to Albania. But a week ago, look, glory be to Allah, after they bought the sensitive and important locations, the purchase of land by non-Albanians was now stopped in Albania.

The Shaykh : Strange.
The student: A law was issued about a week ago. I was, of course, on a plane with the Saudi Development Fund, which was a grant from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the housing of the Bosnians. We sought, from the moment we arrived, whatever land you want, the government would say to you, take it and work. Now, this statement is not correct.

The Shaykh : It is not possible.
The student: Absolutely not. Now the government has specified that land is not given to anyone except Albanians only, or a grant from the state, and that is difficult and also very hard. So the law was issued and now non-Albanians are prohibited. After what? After, of course, after a very large number of lands were sold in the lands of...

The Shaykh: Previously, did you actually buy some lands?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : I bought it.
The student: Many people bought lands there.

The Shaykh: By Arabs?
The student: By Arabs, yes. Some Arabs bought, yes, indeed. Especially from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, they also bought lands.

The Shaykh: Were the prices normal or not?
The student: Very cheap, very cheap. And now they have risen, perhaps about twenty times, in a very short period of time.

The Shaykh: This is the effect of the opening up.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh: This is the effect of the opening up.
The student: This is one of the manifestations of the opening up.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Yes, indeed. If you noticed, there are also many idle factories.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: And piles of iron.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: And it is clear that the idleness is not because of the existence of a democratic government currently, but rather as if the state has reached a stage where it has finished.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: Meaning, it has exhausted all its energy, and it is like a dead man. You see the iron is protected and its lifespan is over; it was moving, it was operating, but you do not find that there is strength in the iron and these factories, and then they became idle. It is not as if that day is the day of iron or the day of the factory. You find these manifestations that most things have originally exhausted their energy, or rather dissipated it, for twenty or thirty years of the factories existing in Albania. Of course, you find them on the roads, most of the factories are on the roads, whether from the north to the south, on the road, meaning the one you walked on.