EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF IRC PUBLISHED IN AL BAWABAH NEWSPAPER
Egypt’s prestigious newspaper “Al Bawabah News”, on 26.11.2022, has published an exclusive interview with the President of the Islamic Religious Community of Republic of North Macedonia, H. Hfz. Shaqir ef. Fetai, given for the famous journalist of this newspaper Mr. Mahmud Semir, in Arabic and English. The same was then published on the official website of this newspaper, which has a great number of online followers.
In the entitled interview: “Egypt enjoys an important place among all Muslims of the world”, Reisul Ulema H. Hfz. Shaqir ef. Fetai talks about Islam in our time, about Muslims in general, the Islamic Religious Community of the Republic of North Macedonia in particular, about the Islamic centers all over the world which are part of the IRC of RNM, the organizing of religious life in RNM and abroad, especially in Western countries. Furthermore, he speaks on tolerance and coexistence between Muslims and adherents of other faiths, on Islamophobia in Europe and the ways to change these negative beliefs through the exemplary behavior of Muslims and their inclusion as best as possible in social and cultural life in these countries.
The President also talks about the social and political organization of the country and the weight and importance of Muslim politicians in decision-making of the country, as well as the old wound of emigration and its consequences.
