The efforts of Shaykh Ibn Baz and Saudi Arabia in Albania and support for the Albanian Sheikhdom in its establishment
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The student: But of course, there is a group now that has started to emerge, something called the Wahhabis. When the Wahhabis emerged, glory be to Allah, His EminenceThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz guaranteed the salaries of the sheikhs of the Islamic Sheikhdom, and their number is thirty-six sheikhs, so their salaries are paid, Your EminenceThe Shaykh : 'Abd al-'Aziz. So of course, these people are a very big weapon.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: So His EminenceThe Shaykh : may Allah reward him with good, he accommodated these people and started paying them salaries, meaning about sixty dinars per person. So of course, these people developed affection and love for the Kingdom. For example, Sabri Kuchi, I sat with him, the Grand Mufti, a man with a very strange spirituality.
The Shaykh: Is he in Tirana?
The student: In Tirana, yes. And he was a preacher who was blessed in going to Egypt, and the Egyptian ambassador was one of the first people to arrive in Albania and was very active.The Shaykh : Sabri Kuchi, regarding ... the Sheikhdom has a very strong presence and has alliances with the Democratic Party because he feared that the remnants of communism, the army, would return. So there are alliances between the Sheikhdom and the Democrats. The Sheikhdom, of course, now people listen to it, meaning that no minister comes to a region without passing by what? The Mufti. Because the government feels that Islam, the Muslims, as I told you previously, or the leaders within the government feel that the Islamic card is a winning card in standing against Christianity and a gain for them, fearing that Christianity will swallow them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Of course, I sat withThe Shaykh : Sabri Kuchi and I also told him, I feared that it would repeat as it repeated in Afghanistan, that the issue of Wahhabism would be raised and then the work would be destroyed.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The student: Yes, so I spoke with him and warned him as well. I said, I fear that the government now sees this very strong Islamic activity in Albania and this huge influx. For example, I found on the plane, we had with us fourteen preachers from the Kingdom.
The Shaykh: Fourteen.
The student: Preachers.
The Shaykh: Preachers.
The student: Yes, a young man from the Kingdom. They hold Shari'ah courses for orphans and children in the region of Yukastera, for example, and in the region of Karia as well. They hold, of course, scout camps, educational camps, meaning there is ... and glory be to Allah, some of the children also ... that they learned Arabic and now some of them memorize Juz 'Amma in the camp.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student: And of course, they advised us that we should take these creative students and study them in the Kingdom.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: So His EminenceThe Shaykh : may Allah reward him with good, he accommodated these people and started paying them salaries, meaning about sixty dinars per person. So of course, these people developed affection and love for the Kingdom. For example, Sabri Kuchi, I sat with him, the Grand Mufti, a man with a very strange spirituality.
The Shaykh: Is he in Tirana?
The student: In Tirana, yes. And he was a preacher who was blessed in going to Egypt, and the Egyptian ambassador was one of the first people to arrive in Albania and was very active.The Shaykh : Sabri Kuchi, regarding ... the Sheikhdom has a very strong presence and has alliances with the Democratic Party because he feared that the remnants of communism, the army, would return. So there are alliances between the Sheikhdom and the Democrats. The Sheikhdom, of course, now people listen to it, meaning that no minister comes to a region without passing by what? The Mufti. Because the government feels that Islam, the Muslims, as I told you previously, or the leaders within the government feel that the Islamic card is a winning card in standing against Christianity and a gain for them, fearing that Christianity will swallow them.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Of course, I sat withThe Shaykh : Sabri Kuchi and I also told him, I feared that it would repeat as it repeated in Afghanistan, that the issue of Wahhabism would be raised and then the work would be destroyed.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The student: Yes, so I spoke with him and warned him as well. I said, I fear that the government now sees this very strong Islamic activity in Albania and this huge influx. For example, I found on the plane, we had with us fourteen preachers from the Kingdom.
The Shaykh: Fourteen.
The student: Preachers.
The Shaykh: Preachers.
The student: Yes, a young man from the Kingdom. They hold Shari'ah courses for orphans and children in the region of Yukastera, for example, and in the region of Karia as well. They hold, of course, scout camps, educational camps, meaning there is ... and glory be to Allah, some of the children also ... that they learned Arabic and now some of them memorize Juz 'Amma in the camp.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student: And of course, they advised us that we should take these creative students and study them in the Kingdom.
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