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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hijerarhije se\u0107anja\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b20a501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b20a501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Otkrivanje \u017eivota muslimanskih Albanaca u Americi\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c7e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92c7e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pi\u0161e <a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/author\/shankaremani\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shan Karemani<\/a> \u2014 10\/6\/2025<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b72df50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b72df50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17270bf\" data-id=\"17270bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253fd30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"253fd30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amerika nakon 11. septembra postala je neprijateljsko mesto za muslimane koji su tu odrastali. Islam se smatrao pretnjom, a svako ko je makar li\u010dio na muslimana mogao je postati meta. Se\u0107am se kada sam prvi put \u010duo za <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/religion-crime-arizona-mesa-1308ab5e7e511e6071cea76c20144147\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balbira Singha Sodhija, Sika koji je ubijen u Arizoni \u010detiri dana nakon napada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Nije bio musliman, ali su ga ljudi tako videli. Njegov turban, brada i tamna put bili su dovoljni. Njegovo ubistvo je bilo podsetnik da se, u o\u010dima mnogih, vera i rasa \u010desto stapaju u jedno. \u010cak ni <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/ocajnicka-potreba-za-evropejstvom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">muslimani koji su mogli da se smatraju belcima \u2013 poput Albanaca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 nisu bili <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/staten-island-anti-muslim-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">potpuno za\u0161ti\u0107eni<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U takvom okru\u017eenju moji roditelji su nas vaspitavali. Podizali su dva albanska muslimanska de\u010daka u zemlji u kojoj se islam smatrao dr\u017eavnim neprijateljem broj jedan. Stalno su se kolebali izme\u0111u dve mogu\u0107nosti: da nas odgajaju kao muslimane bez ustru\u010davanja ili da poku\u0161aju da nas za\u0161tite tako \u0161to \u0107emo skrivati taj deo sebe. Kao kosovski Albanci ro\u0111eni i odrasli u Americi, \u010desto smo mogli da \u201cpro\u0111emo\u201d kao belci \u2013 sve dok neko ne bi saznao da smo muslimani. Tada bismo automatski <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/white-enclosures\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ispali iz tih granica \u201cbelosti\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, iako su se ponekad istovremeno ra\u0111ale i nove vrste solidarnosti.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neke albanske muslimanske porodice koje sam poznavao re\u0161avale su ovaj problem tako \u0161to su decu odgajale kao katolike, ili bez vere \u2013 u nadi da \u0107e im to pomo\u0107i da se lak\u0161e uklope. Ali to je \u010desto zna\u010dilo i gubitak povezanosti. Mnoga ta deca odrasla su bez znanja jezika, bez dublje veze sa kulturom i istorijom Albanaca. Ne tvrdim da su Albanci koji nisu muslimani i\u0161ta manje Albanci \u2013 ali za mene je vera bila na\u010din da ostanem povezan sa svojim albanskim identitetom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ta li\u010dna veza podstakla je i moje dublje interesovanje za korene, pa sam po\u010deo da istra\u017eujem istoriju Albanaca u Sjedinjenim Dr\u017eavama. Vremenom sam primetio da su pri\u010de na koje sam nailazio uglavnom bile usmerene na ljude \u010diji verski identitet nije bio kao moj. Naj\u010de\u0161\u0107e su se pominjali ljudi poput Fana Nolija \u2013 poznatog pisca, episkopa i politi\u010dara koji je osnovao Albansku pravoslavnu crkvu u Americi \u2013 ili Faika Konice, pisca, publiciste i diplomate koji je bio <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gazeta-shqip.com\/lajme\/2014\/09\/11\/myslimanet-shqiptare-ne-anen-e-gabuar-te-historise\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sna\u017eno antireligiozno nastrojen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0de660 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0de660\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5140957\" data-id=\"5140957\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d853d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51d853d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1892\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118495\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-1536x1135.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-2048x1514.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Konica-dhe-Noli-326x241.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Faik Konica i Fan Noli ubrajaju se me\u0111u najistaknutije albansko-ameri\u010dke li\u010dnosti koje su po\u010detkom 20. veka igrale klju\u010dnu ulogu u promovisanju ideje albanske dr\u017eavnosti.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bccb07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bccb07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abbf106\" data-id=\"abbf106\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f08193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f08193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noli i Konica su, naravno, bili va\u017ene nacionalne li\u010dnosti, ali su predstavljali samo jedan specifi\u010dan deo iskustva Albanaca u Americi \u2013 onaj hri\u0161\u0107anski ili sekularni. Njihova istaknutost svakako se delom obja\u0161njava i ulogom koju su imali u izgradnji albanske dr\u017eave. Obojica su bili aktivni po\u010detkom 20. veka, u periodu stvaranja albanske dr\u017eavnosti \u2013 Konica je zastupao interese Albanije na <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rti.rtsh.al\/article\/faik-konica-the-intellectual-of-european-dimensions\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Londonskoj konferenciji 1913. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dok je Noli <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albanianhistory.net\/1918_Noli\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1918. godine li\u010dno tra\u017eio od predsednika SAD Woodrowa Wilsona da podr\u017ei albansku nezavisnost<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b93733 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b93733\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b85be5\" data-id=\"8b85be5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05ce57a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05ce57a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1892\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118483\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-1536x1135.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-2048x1514.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Delegacioni-ne-Londer-326x241.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">O albanskoj dr\u017eavnosti evropske sile su prvi put zvani\u010dno raspravljale na Londonskoj konferenciji 1912\u20131913, odr\u017eanoj nakon Balkanskih ratova.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f793f41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f793f41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b5015d\" data-id=\"0b5015d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cdceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4cdceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Njihov politi\u010dki rad u SAD bio je neodvojiv od \u0161ire borbe za albansku nezavisnost. Ali u ovom \u010dlanku, razmi\u0161ljam o njima kroz prizmu albansko-ameri\u010dke historije, gdje kr\u0161\u0107anske i sekularne li\u010dnosti dominiraju narativom. Osim toga<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, moje istra\u017eivanje se fokusira na li\u010dnosti iz prva dva zna\u010dajna talasa migracije Albanaca u SAD; Albanci koji su prete\u017eno dolazili iz Albanije, od kasnih 19. vijeka do 1960. godine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94a5bc7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94a5bc7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f1d24f\" data-id=\"6f1d24f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9227a6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9227a6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Migrimi i shqiptar\u00ebve n\u00eb SHBA\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023d494 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"023d494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Migrimi i shqiptar\u00ebve drejt SHBA ka ndodhur n\u00eb pes\u00eb val\u00eb kryesore:\n<br> <br>\n\n- Fundi i viteve 1800 deri n\u00eb vitin 1939, kryesisht pun\u00ebtor\u00ebt burra nga Shqip\u00ebria.<br> <br>\n- 1945 deri n\u00eb 1960, kryesisht t\u00eb m\u00ebrguar politik\u00eb antikomunist\u00eb nga Shqip\u00ebria.<br> <br>\n- Vitet 1960 deri n\u00eb fillim t\u00eb viteve 1980, nga komunitetet shqiptare n\u00eb Jugosllavi.<br> <br>\n- Fillimi i viteve 1990, nga ata q\u00eb iknin prej trazirave post-komuniste n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri.<br> <br>\n- Fundi i viteve 1990, dhjet\u00ebra mij\u00ebra refugjat\u00eb kosovar\u00eb shqiptar\u00eb.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17ae028\" data-id=\"17ae028\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27a540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e27a540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U okviru \u0161ire pri\u010de o istoriji Albanaca u Americi, iskustvo muslimanskih Albanaca obi\u010dno zauzima sporedno mesto. Na primer, Nolijevo osnivanje Albanske pravoslavne crkve u Bostonu po\u010detkom 1900-ih se na\u0161iroko slavi, dok je albanska d\u017eamija u Maineu, koju je otprilike u isto vreme osnovala zajednica imigranata, uglavnom zaboravljena ili nepoznata.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \u0161ta je sa <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/403072235370579470\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imamom Vehbijem Ismailijem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, koji je tako\u0111e emigrirao u SAD da bi slu\u017eio albanskoj zajednici, decenijama kasnije? \u0160ta je sa Muharremom Nadjijem, Salihom Myftiuom, Isom Hoxhom i Babom Rexhepijem? Neki, poput Nadjija, potpuno su odsutni iz albanske istoriografije, dok su drugi ostali uglavnom nepriznati.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60d283a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60d283a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d836d9d\" data-id=\"d836d9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6926dda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6926dda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1784\" height=\"1916\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118559\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1.jpg 1784w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1-768x825.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1-1430x1536.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-1-scaled-1-326x350.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1784px) 100vw, 1784px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Imam Vehbi Ismaili je kroz decenije verskog, kulturnog i nacionalnog aktivizma predvodio muslimansku albansku zajednicu u SAD.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9372e20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9372e20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0141b85\" data-id=\"0141b85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ebde31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ebde31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kako bih bolje razumeo to odsustvo, okrenuo sam se \u017eivotima onih koji su predugo bili zanemareni: muslimanskim Albancima u SAD \u010dije pri\u010de retko dobijaju priznanje.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Zaboravljena albanska d\u017eamija u Biddefordu<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Od oktobra 2024. do januara 2025. godine, PBS, ameri\u010dki javni emiter, prikazivao je dokumentarnu seriju pod nazivom \u201cAmeri\u010dki muslimani: Otkrivena istorija\u201d. Svaka od \u0161est epizoda serije bila je posve\u0107ena odre\u0111enom aspektu istorije muslimana u SAD. Jedna epizoda, pod nazivom \u201cDa li je ovo jedna od prvih ameri\u010dkih d\u017eamija?\u201d, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BpeZAm7rKHY&amp;list=PLzkQfVIJun2LOI-FeVydE9Z7BsYwahJO6&amp;index=6\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">osvetljava d\u017eamiju koju su 1929. godine izgradili sirijski imigranti u Severnoj Dakoti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e4901c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e4901c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afbafaa\" data-id=\"afbafaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d9b091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d9b091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118501\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pepper-Mills-Mosque-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Albanski tekstilni radnici u Biddefordu, u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Mejn, osnovali su d\u017eamiju 1915. godine, najverovatnije koriste\u0107i prostoriju u objektu Pepperell Counting House, koji i danas postoji.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a250d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"74a250d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87fdeca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87fdeca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Godine 1915, grupa albanskih imigranata u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Maine osnovala je jednu od najranijih poznatih d\u017eamija u SAD koju je u potpunosti osnovala imigrantska zajednica.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63244d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63244d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb39ef1\" data-id=\"fb39ef1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7db8a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7db8a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iako dokumentarac jasno navodi da je to bila jedna od prvih d\u017eamija u SAD, po\u017eeleo sam da saznam vi\u0161e, pa sam po\u010deo da kopam po istoriji. Ono \u0161to sam otkrio me je iznenadilo: jo\u0161 1915. godine, grupa albanskih imigranata u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Maine osnovala je jednu od najranijih <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mainehistory\/posts\/did-you-know-that-the-first-mosque-on-record-in-the-united-states-was-establishe\/811721687660118\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poznatih d\u017eamija u SAD koju je u potpunosti osnovala imigrantska zajednica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Jedna d\u017eamija jeste postojala ranije, u <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_7u4CVfF_yjgNxpj4r5ueBF8y0KLyH1A\/view\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Njujorku 1912. godine, ali je osnovana od strane osmanskih vlasti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> i bila je povezana s diplomatskom misijom \u2014 za razliku od ove u Maineu, koja je nastala iz naroda.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krajem 19. veka, kompanija Pepperell Mills iz Biddeforda, Maine, po\u010dela je da <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainememory.net\/sitebuilder\/site\/2623\/slideshow\/1622\/display?format=list&amp;prev_object_id=4227&amp;prev_object=page\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dovodi albanske radnike \u2014 najverovatnije iz same Albanije \u2014 da popune stru\u010dne pozicije u farbanju i dizajnu tekstila<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, jer su imali iskustva u radu s tkaninama. Mnogi su dolazili sami, ostavljaju\u0107i porodicu iza sebe. Kao i ve\u0107ina imigranata tog vremena, imali su malo novca i radili za niske nadnice u fabrikama.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Po\u0161to je dosta tih radnika bilo muslimanske veroispovesti, \u010desto su se zajedno molili. Na kraju su, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mcarthur.pastperfectonline.com\/photo\/6A56A978-3AB5-4D4F-A816-062026274059?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-c2BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcJZQqo5a37V522zMf1wxZ8NsWjkfvPll7CVPKyH-_gfrINPJZaSJOJmDA_aem_SiUJPAIpwtN3KrbjU7011w#gallery-4\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. aprila 1915. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, osnovali Nacionalno muhamedansko versko dru\u0161tvo Amerike. Time je formirana jedna od najranijih d\u017eamija u SAD koju su osnovali imigranti \u2014 u ovom slu\u010daju, muslimanski Albanci. D\u017eamija vi\u0161e ne postoji, a njena ta\u010dna lokacija ostaje nepoznata.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ipak, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hwpi.harvard.edu\/pluralismarchive\/woodlawn-cemetery-muslim-burial-ground\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles Butler iz Istorijskog dru\u0161tva Biddeforda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> uveren je da se nalazila u zgradi Pepperell Counting House u ulici Main Street u Biddefordu. Ta zgrada, koja je bila deo fabri\u010dkog kompleksa gde su radnici i \u017eiveli i radili, imala je veliku prostoriju za sastanke na drugom spratu. Zbog bliske povezanosti radnika s fabrikom, Butler smatra da je upravo ta soba bila prakti\u010dno i logi\u010dno mesto gde bi se okupljala muslimanska zajednica na molitvu \u2014 ba\u0161 kao i druge verske grupe koje su je koristile kroz godine.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zgrada Pepperell Counting House i dalje postoji, na <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1+York+St,+Biddeford,+ME+04005,+USA\/@43.4933021,-70.4551482,3a,75y,6.85h,90.55t\/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s74tlgA68VDQD7uiHqPpU8w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.5539585056285432%26panoid%3D74tlgA68VDQD7uiHqPpU8w%26yaw%3D6.852255117054991!7i16384!8i8192!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x4cb2a4f8e65cc317:0x6e65771927996a4!2s1+York+St,+Biddeford,+ME+04005,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d43.4935328!4d-70.4550639!16s%2Fg%2F11c88fbzpy!3m5!1s0x4cb2a4f8e65cc317:0x6e65771927996a4!8m2!3d43.4935328!4d-70.4550639!16s%2Fg%2F11c88fbzpy?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMyNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uglu ulica Main Street i York Street<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> u Biddefordu. Bio sam radoznao da vidim kako danas izgleda, pa sam nai\u0161ao na <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9dDQ-6gqvHs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">snimak obilaska koji prikazuje objekat kao poslovni prostor za iznajmljivanje<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Pri kraju snimka vodi\u010d prikazuje prostranu prostoriju na drugom spratu \u2014 verovatno isti prostor koji su pre vi\u0161e od jednog veka koristili muslimanski Albanci kao svoju d\u017eamiju.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na sajtu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainememory.net\/record\/148587\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maine Memory Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prona\u0161ao sam i fotografiju albanskog odbora Nacionalnog muhamedanskog verskog dru\u0161tva Amerike. Na slici je \u0161est osniva\u010da dru\u0161tva, me\u0111u kojima i <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/biddefordhistory.com\/topic-index\/names3\/k\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mustafa Fuat Kapshtica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, koji je 1913. godine emigrirao iz Albanije u SAD. Prema <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mcarthur.pastperfectonline.com\/byperson?keyword=Kasem%2C%20Henry\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podacima iz biblioteke McArthur<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ro\u0111en je 1891. kod Kapshtice, a umro je 1982. godine, nakon \u0161to je promenio ime u Henry Kasem i preselio se u Njujork.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63b66a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63b66a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc92bad\" data-id=\"fc92bad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b029c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b029c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118492\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Komisioni-i-shoqates-Muhamediane-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Peti april 1915. ozna\u010dava zvani\u010dni po\u010detak rada Nacionalnog muhamedanskog verskog dru\u0161tva Amerike, jedne od prvih d\u017eamija koje je osnovala muslimanska zajednica imigranata.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f2f00d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f2f00d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f51334b\" data-id=\"f51334b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b43c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3b43c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smrtonosna pandemija gripa iz 1918\u20131919. odnela je \u017eivote mnogih stanovnika Biddeforda. Prema podacima Pluralism Project-a sa Harvardskog univerziteta, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hwpi.harvard.edu\/pluralismarchive\/woodlawn-cemetery-muslim-burial-ground\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lokalna muslimanska zajednica obezbedila je deo groblja Woodlawn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> kako bi njeni \u010dlanovi mogli da budu sahranjeni zajedno, sa nadgrobnim spomenicima okrenutim prema Meki. Neki su ukra\u0161eni polumesecom i zvezdom, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/63598449\/edhem-nexhip\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dok se na drugima, poput onog Edhema Nexhipa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1896\u20131918), nalazi natpis \u201cAlbanski muhamedanac\u201d i \u201cRoft\u00eb Atdheu\u201d (\u017divela otad\u017ebina).<\/span><\/p><p><b>Albanski muslimani iz Waterburyja, Connecticut<\/b><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/messageinternational.org\/early-american-mosques\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jo\u0161 jedna d\u017eamija koju je osnovala imigrantska zajednica u SAD veruje se da je nastala 1919. godine u Waterburyju, u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Connecticut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tako\u0111e od strane Albanaca. Prema re\u010dima Raechel Guest, sada\u0161nje direktorke biblioteke \u201cSilas Bronson\u201d u Waterburyju, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/waterburythoughts.blogspot.com\/2017\/01\/early-muslim-immigrants-in-waterbury.html#:~:text=Waterbury%20had%20one%20of%20the,be%20established%20in%20this%20country.\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albansko muhamedansko versko dru\u0161tvo bilo je osnovano u gradu pre 1916. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Njegova <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wcfuW1OlYD8C&amp;dq=waterbury%20%22moslem%22&amp;pg=PA253#v=onepage&amp;q=waterbury%20%22moslem%22&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">misija bila je da prenosi verska u\u010denja<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> o \u201cljubavi, bratstvu, miru, ljubavi prema otad\u017ebini, napretku i pravednosti u punom skladu\u201d, kako je definisano u njegovom statutu. Tako\u0111e je imalo za cilj da \u0161tampa verske i obrazovne knjige na albanskom jeziku, otvara \u0161kole, osniva d\u017eamije, \u0161alje predava\u010de albanskim zajednicama i poma\u017ee svojim \u010dlanovima koliko god je mogu\u0107e.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1d_5dQiZA5ys_jCgC_Hc2mrG8HgDwIckS\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imam u Waterburyju u tom periodu bio je Mehmet Tosun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, za koga <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=K0LMZqtRpCcC&amp;lpg=PA367&amp;ots=t51z5uXVGZ&amp;dq=waterbury%20imam%20tosun&amp;pg=PA367#v=onepage&amp;q=waterbury%20imam%20tosun&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nau\u010dnica Frances Trix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ka\u017ee da je bio \u201cli\u010dno imenovani i neformalno obrazovani vo\u0111a\u201d. Poreklom iz Albanije, Tosun je stigao u SAD tokom Prvog svetskog rata i registrovao se za vojnu obavezu. Nakon rata, nakratko se vratio u Albaniju, a zatim ponovo do\u0161ao u SAD sa svojom suprugom Barije i njihova dva sina.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d290965 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d290965\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4475cb\" data-id=\"a4475cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ba913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8ba913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1892\" height=\"2270\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118562\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1.jpg 1892w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1-1707x2048.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mehmet-Tosun-scaled-1-326x391.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1892px) 100vw, 1892px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Potvrda o naturalizaciji Mehmeta Tosuna iz 1926. godine bele\u017ei jednog od prvih imama u Waterburyju, predvodnika jedne od najranijih muslimanskih zajednica u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Konektikat.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a30e453\" data-id=\"a30e453\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6a112 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8f6a112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a667b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8a667b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ova zanimljiva anegdota predstavlja iznena\u0111uju\u0107u fusnotu zaostav\u0161tine jednog albanskog imama koji je, nakon \u0161to je izgradio jednu od najranijih muslimanskih zajednica u SAD, tako\u0111e pomagao da se prehrane generacije lokalnih porodica \u2014 pa \u010dak i holivudska ikona \u2014 s jedne tihe farme.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cb84d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cb84d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7c7cd9\" data-id=\"a7c7cd9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8251763 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8251763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porodica Tosun kasnije je osnovala mlekaru <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.tapr.org\/~wa1lou\/whs\/news201009.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Willow Brook Dairy, farmu za proizvodnju i distribuciju mleka sa sedi\u0161tem u Wolcottu, Connecticut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Isporu\u010divali su mleko od vrata do vrata \u0161irom Wolcotta i okolnih gradova, a snabdevali su i lokalne \u0161kole u sklopu \u0161kolskog programa ishrane.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prema re\u010dima <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=sylvia+tosun&amp;oq=syl&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggBEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMggIABBFGCcYOzIOCAEQRRgnGDsYgAQYigUyCggCEC4YsQMYgAQyDwgDEC4YFBiHAhixAxiABDIGCAQQRRhAMgYIBRBFGDkyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg90gEIMTQ5NWowajmoAgCwAgE&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sylvije Tosun, muzi\u010darke koja je ujedno i unuka Mehmeta Tosuna<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, njen deda je bio mnogo vi\u0161e od verskog vo\u0111e. Ona ga opisuje kao <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/musicaldiscoveries.com\/reviews\/stosun.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dervi\u0161a i duhovnog iscelitelja koji je putovao \u0161irom Bliskog istoka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, privla\u010de\u0107i ljude koji su tragali za isceljenjem i duhovnim vo\u0111stvom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tako\u0111e je ispri\u010dala kako se porodi\u010dni biznis s mlekom povezao s neo\u010dekivanim delovima ameri\u010dkog \u017eivota. Me\u0111u mnogim doma\u0107instvima kojima su dostavljali mleko nalazila se i ku\u0107a \u010duvene glumice Marilyn Monroe u Roxburyju, Connecticut, u vreme njenog braka sa dramaturgom Arthurom Millerom. Ova zanimljiva anegdota predstavlja iznena\u0111uju\u0107u fusnotu zaostav\u0161tine jednog albanskog imama koji je, nakon \u0161to je izgradio jednu od najranijih muslimanskih zajednica u SAD, tako\u0111e pomagao da se prehrane generacije lokalnih porodica \u2014 pa \u010dak i holivudska ikona \u2014 s jedne tihe farme.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danas, u Waterburyju postoje dve albanske d\u017eamije: Albansko-ameri\u010dki kulturni i islamski centar \u201cHasan Prishtina\u201d i Zajednica albansko-ameri\u010dkih muslimana.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Uticaj Muharrema Nadjija na globalni islam<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dana 22. jula 1891. godine, na svet je do\u0161ao jo\u0161 jedan zna\u010dajan, ali gotovo potpuno nepoznat muslimanski Albanac \u2014 Muharrem Nadji. Nisam nai\u0161ao na njegovo ime dok nisam po\u010deo da istra\u017eujem muslimanske Albance u Sjedinjenim Ameri\u010dkim Dr\u017eavama, ali njegova pri\u010da zaslu\u017euje priznanje.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadji je ro\u0111en u selu Revani, koje se danas nalazi u Gr\u010dkoj i poznato je kao Dipotamia, ali je nekada bilo naseljeno albanskim muslimanima. Albaniju je napustio 1914. godine, nakon \u0161to je Gr\u010dka okupirala delove zemlje. Prvo je oti\u0161ao u Argentinu, a zatim 1917. godine emigrirao u Sjedinjene Ameri\u010dke Dr\u017eave, nastaniv\u0161i se u malom gradu Mansfieldu, u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c33a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c33a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1107\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nadj.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118617\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nadj.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nadj-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nadj-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nadj-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nadj-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1107px) 100vw, 1107px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">O Muharremu Nadjiju postoji malo podataka, zbog \u010dega je te\u0161ko stvoriti potpunu sliku o njegovom \u017eivotu.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4f887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b4f887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dostupno je vrlo malo informacija o Nadjiju, \u0161to ote\u017eava da se stvori potpuna slika o njegovom \u017eivotu. Ipak, prona\u0161ao sam nekoliko referenci u arhivama lista Mansfield News-Journal. U \u010dlanku od 8. juna 1954. godine, pod naslovom \u201cOn \u017eeli da ljudi \u2018upoznaju\u2019 Muhameda\u201d, nalazi se njegova fotografija u ku\u0107i, dok \u010dita Kuran. Ova pri\u010da je kasnije <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19QPTmKUow5-Mz4DJEwE5qBVrZoMhI_t3\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ponovo objavljena u \u010dasopisu The Light, me\u0111unarodnom muslimanskom magazinu koji se izdaje u Pakistanu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u0161to je dovelo do velikog broja pisama koja su mu stigla od \u010ditalaca iz celog sveta, izra\u017eavaju\u0107i divljenje i radoznalost povodom njegove misije.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a6e2c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a6e2c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffa5b06\" data-id=\"ffa5b06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d140da2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d140da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118468\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-001-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ise\u010dak iz novina opisuje kako je Muharrem Nadji, koriste\u0107i sopstvena sredstva, podu\u010davao Amerikance o islamu i poslaniku Muhamedu.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06246e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06246e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a73052\" data-id=\"8a73052\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5dd76f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5dd76f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prema \u010dlanku, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OSDpDjsQaDAavhcGmgHbaohUvUODV4Kj\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadji je 1927. godine osnovao Islamic Center of America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Islamski centar Amerike) i sam finansirao njegovo delovanje, koriste\u0107i najve\u0107i deo svoje skromne plate radnika u \u010deli\u010dani. Svoj ograni\u010deni imetak posve\u0107ivao je postavljanju celostranih oglasa u Mansfield News-Journalu, u kojima je prenosio razne islamske tekstove. To je \u010dinio u \u017eelji da ispravi ameri\u010dke zablude o islamu i muslimanima. U \u010dlanku se navodi njegova izjava: \u201cPro\u010ditao sam mnoge univerzitetske ud\u017ebenike o Kuranu i u\u010denjima Muhameda. U njima ima mnogo gre\u0161aka.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U tekstu se dalje obja\u0161njava da je Nadji, kada se prvi put preselio u Mansfield, \u201cozbiljno razmatrao povratak u svoju domovinu\u201d. Me\u0111utim, u tom periodu, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ogrm2xQjgWcbicnKlMD8C6qR02ia88R9\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tvrdio je da je imao viziju poslanika Muhameda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, koji mu je poru\u010dio da muslimani \u201cnikada nisu poku\u0161ali da pou\u010davaju u Americi\u201d i da je on potreban tamo. Ova vizija ga je ubedila da ostane, i ostatak svog \u017eivota posvetio je \u0161irenju znanja o islamu.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tako\u0111e, nije se ustru\u010davao da javno odgovori na islamofobi\u010dne prikaze u ameri\u010dkim nacionalnim medijima. Godine 1946. magazin Life objavio je foto-esej pod naslovom \u201cMuslimanske molitve\u201d, koji je <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11G_ETySy0re6Wap5-mB7wjUyzjU6XLq9\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podgrevao orijentalisti\u010dke stereotipe o polo\u017eaju \u017eena u islamu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1441d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1441d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6394d02\" data-id=\"6394d02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0eadd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c0eadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118471\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-002-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u010clanak u listu Mansfield Journal opisuje kako je Muharrem Nadji koristio svoje prihode da finansira celostrane islamske tekstove kojima je \u017eeleo da razbije zablude o veri.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4123802 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4123802\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d84b93\" data-id=\"7d84b93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248d0e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"248d0e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kao odgovor, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WPg9EoVXqB90lH5v2jHJr2mKYxEBVkp6\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadji je osporio narativ iz Life-a<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 ne kako bi negirao postojanje rodne nejednakosti u muslimanskim dru\u0161tvima, ve\u0107 da bi ukazao na selektivno predstavljanje. Istakao je da prakse poput pokrivanja i rodne segregacije nisu isklju\u010divo islamske, i doveo u pitanje tvrdnju Life-a da u svetu ima samo 209 miliona muslimana, iznev\u0161i podatke koji pokazuju da ih ima 603 miliona.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sredinom 1950-ih, Nadji je postao <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wokingmuslim.org\/research\/conv-2019-bowen-speech.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zvani\u010dni predstavnik Lahore Ahmadiyya pokreta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> u SAD<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, koja je promovisala ono \u0161to je smatrala univerzalnom porukom islama protiv rasizma i sekta\u0161tva. S obzirom na sna\u017ean naglasak pokreta na borbi protiv rasne diskriminacije, njegova poruka posebno je odjeknula me\u0111u afroameri\u010dkim zajednicama u prvoj polovini 20. veka.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d01141 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6d01141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be24598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be24598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">S obzirom na to koliko su Nadjijevi spisi kru\u017eili me\u0111u ranim crna\u010dkim muslimanima, zanimljivo je zamisliti da su i li\u010dnosti poput Malcolma X \u2014 revolucionarnog crna\u010dkog muslimanskog lidera koji je osporavao bela\u010dku nadmo\u0107, kolonijalizam i kapitalizam \u2014 mo\u017eda bile u dodiru s njegovim idejama.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6deab1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6deab1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e24e53a\" data-id=\"e24e53a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b1a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30b1a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dok sam \u010ditao knjigu Patricka Bowena \u201cA History of Conversion to Islam in the United States\u201d (Istorija prelazaka u islam u Sjedinjenim Ameri\u010dkim Dr\u017eavama), nai\u0161ao sam na fascinantan detalj o <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/731977990-A-History-of-Conversion-to-Islam-in-the-United-States-White-American-Muslims-Before-1975-by-Patrick-D-Bowen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uticaju Nadjija na rane afroameri\u010dke muslimanske zajednice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Po\u010detkom 1940-ih, dok su SAD ulazile u Drugi svetski rat, FBI je istra\u017eivao afroameri\u010dke muslimanske grupe pod sumnjom za izbegavanje vojne obaveze i antiameri\u010dko delovanje. Me\u0111u metama su se na\u0161li crna\u010dki sunitski lideri poput Muhammada Ezaldeena i \u0161eika Nasira Ahmada, kao i organizacija Moslems of America (MOA).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokom tih istraga, FBI je otkrio da su Nadjijeve knjige i pamfleti bili \u0161iroko rasprostranjeni me\u0111u tim zajednicama, a navodno se <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13D-_Oq5Nfpr0kgsaxpSJpCBaqy5rDMji\/view\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">najmanje jedno njegovo delo \u010ditalo na svakom sastanku MOA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. S obzirom na to koliko su Nadjijevi spisi kru\u017eili me\u0111u ranim crna\u010dkim muslimanima, zanimljivo je zamisliti da su i li\u010dnosti poput Malcolma X \u2014 revolucionarnog crna\u010dkog muslimanskog lidera koji je osporavao bela\u010dku nadmo\u0107, kolonijalizam i kapitalizam \u2014 mo\u017eda bile u dodiru s njegovim idejama.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokingmuslim.org\/work\/islamic-review\/index.htm#56\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U arhivi \u010dasopisa The Islamic Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> do\u0161ao sam do broja iz <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokingmuslim.org\/work\/islamic-review\/1961\/jan61.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">januara 1961. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, u kojem se nalazi nekrolog posve\u0107en Nadjiju, koji je preminuo od sr\u010danog udara 5. jula 1960. u 68. godini \u017eivota. D\u017eenazu je predvodio imam Vehbi Ismaili, verski vo\u0111a muslimanskih Albanaca u SAD. Tokom slu\u017ebe, Ismaili je podelio vi\u0161e zna\u010dajnih pri\u010da o Nadjiju, koje nam omogu\u0107avaju da steknemo potpuniju sliku o njegovom \u017eivotu.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-193dfd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"193dfd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8792393\" data-id=\"8792393\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f12cf8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f12cf8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118489\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Islamic-Review-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">U januaru 1961, The Islamic Review objavio je nekrolog imama Vehbija Ismailija posve\u0107en uticaju Muharrema Nadjija na islam.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9ec4a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9ec4a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61879cd\" data-id=\"61879cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d12230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d12230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je naglasio da je Nadji ve\u0107inu svoje zarade tro\u0161io na \u0161tampanje i <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1oA6TAHdytHRLRBJHJ-GsarlIOp8CQ-sg\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">besplatnu distribuciju islamske literature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u010dime je omogu\u0107io da znanje o islamu stigne do ljudi \u0161irom sveta. Njegova posve\u0107enost veri bila je tolika da je, kako je Ismaili rekao, \u201ekoli\u010dina posla koju je Nadji sam obavio za islam neuporediva sa radom bilo koje organizacije\u201c.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadjijev uticaj dopirao je daleko van savezne dr\u017eave Ohio. Njegovo ime bilo je poznato na vi\u0161e kontinenata, a mnogi su mislili da iza njega stoji neka velika verska institucija ili imu\u0107ni pokrovitelj. Ismaili, koji je posetio Nadjijev dom svega nekoliko sati pre sahrane, pregledao je njegovu po\u0161tu i prona\u0161ao pismo od \u010doveka sa Filipina koji je tra\u017eio 1.000 dolara od Nadjija za izgradnju d\u017eamije u svom selu.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U Nigeriji, Dru\u0161tvo muslimanskih studenata iz ogranka u Ilobuu izrazilo je duboku zahvalnost za literaturu koju im je Nadji poslao, opisuju\u0107i njegov rad kao \u201cinspirativan i pun znanja\u201d. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-dEDQ9--8kwMVbfyD3UhGipAqkuu0-qC\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U pismu datiranom na 23. maj 1960<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, svega nekoliko nedelja pre Nadjijeve smrti, sekretar dru\u0161tva Hamid Oyeniyi zahvaljuje na primljenom materijalu i podsti\u010de ga da nastavi svoju misiju. \u201cNeka vas Allah, u Svojoj beskrajnoj veli\u010dini, jo\u0161 vi\u0161e \u010duva i poma\u017ee\u201d, stoji na kraju pisma.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je prisutnima na sahrani rekao: \u201cVidite, nisam bio jedini koji je mislio da iza mnogih Nadjijevih poduhvata stoji neka velika verska organizacija ili prijateljska milionerska ruka pomo\u0107i\u201d, \u010dime je istakao kako su ljudi pretpostavljali da Nadji raspola\u017ee zna\u010dajnim resursima, dok je zapravo bio skroman musliman iz radni\u010dke klase, koji je delovao sam, kao \u201cjedno\u010dlana organizacija\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je zavr\u0161io svoj govor poslednjim detaljem. Objasnio je da je Nadji znao da mu se bli\u017ei kraj. Na stolu je ostavio par\u010de papira datirano na 29. jun 1960. godine, ta\u010dno nedelju dana pre smrti. Ismaili je pro\u010ditao zapis naglas: \u201cU ime Boga, Milostivog, Samilosnog. Bog je Za\u0161titnik onih koji veruju. Obe\u0107anje Bo\u017eje je blizu. Pokoravajte se svome Gospodaru i \u010dinite dobra dela ako \u017eelite da uspete. Va\u0161 kraj je blizu, do\u0107i \u0107e brzo, milostivo, bez te\u0161ko\u0107a. Bog \u0107e vam, u Svojoj Veli\u010dini, biti dare\u017eljiv.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Njegovoj sahrani prisustvovalo je vi\u0161e od 200 ljudi, me\u0111u kojima i mnogi nemuslimani. Ismaili je primetio da su \u201csvi plakali kao deca zbog gubitka dragog prijatelja\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadji je sahranjen na groblju Mansfield Cemetery u okrugu Richland, Ohio. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/186949960\/muharrem-nadji\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na njegovom nadgrobnom spomeniku ispisan je \u0161ehadet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201cNema boga osim Boga, Muhamed je Bo\u017eiji poslanik\u201d, ispisan na engleskom i arapskom jeziku. Na moje iznena\u0111enje, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/186949960\/muharrem-nadji#view-photo=217716733\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">na sajtu Find a Grave postoji Nadjijeva fotografija<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, zajedno sa slikom njegovog nadgrobnog spomenika \u2014 jedina jasna slika njega koju sam uspeo da prona\u0111em.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Imam Vehbi Ismaili kao vo\u0111a muslimanskih Albanaca<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vehbi Ismaili je poznatiji me\u0111u muslimanskim Albancima nego Nadji, a podaci o njegovom \u017eivotu su znatno dostupniji putem interneta i objavljenih izvora. Prvi put sam nai\u0161ao na njegovo ime \u010ditaju\u0107i knjigu \u201cShqiptar\u00ebt e Amerik\u00ebs\u201d (Albanci Amerike, 2003), autora Vehbija Bajramija, koji je <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Shqiptar%C3%ABt_e_Amerik%C3%ABs.html?id=C7X6ygAACAAJ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">izvor ve\u0107ine slede\u0107ih informacija<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c832c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c832c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc5fd58\" data-id=\"dc5fd58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-688763f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"688763f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118477\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vehbi-Ismajli-with-Fan-Noli-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fan Noli, imam Vehbi Ismaili i Baba Rexhepi na ovoj retkoj fotografiji iz 1959. godine prikazuju versku i dru\u0161tvenu raznolikost albansko-ameri\u010dke zajednice. (S leva na desno: Kristo Thanas, imam Vehbi Ismaili, Fan Noli, Baba Rexhepi i Anthony Athanas)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c84116e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c84116e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce35d56\" data-id=\"ce35d56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b57cbd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b57cbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je ro\u0111en u Skadru 1919. godine. Studirao je u medresama u Kruji i Tirani, pre nego \u0161to se 1937. preselio u Kairo da bi poha\u0111ao Univerzitet Al-Azhar. U jednom trenutku je razmi\u0161ljao o povratku u Albaniju, ali nakon fa\u0161isti\u010dke okupacije i uspona komunisti\u010dkog re\u017eima, njegov otac mu je napisao iskreno pismo u kome ga je molio da ostane daleko odatle. Prema Bajramiju, pismo je glasilo: \u201cKoliko god \u017eelim da si mi blizu \u2014 niko to ne \u017eeli vi\u0161e od mene \u2014 ipak ti savetujem da ne napravi\u0161 gre\u0161ku i da se ne vra\u0107a\u0161 u domovinu, jer bi se time doveo u veliku opasnost\u201d. Uzev\u0161i o\u010dev savet k srcu, Ismaili je ostao u Egiptu i nastavio studije.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Godine 1949, Ismaili je primio pismo od Albansko-ameri\u010dkog muslimanskog udru\u017eenja (Albanian-American Muslim Association) u Detroitu, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/revistakuvendi.org\/?p=5417\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">osnovanog 1917. kao ogranak muslimanskog dru\u0161tva koje su osnovali albanski imigranti u Biddefordu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, u kome su ga pozvali da postane njihov verski vo\u0111a. U po\u010detku je oklevao, ali uz ohrabrenje prijatelja koji su verovali da mo\u017ee u\u010diniti vi\u0161e za svoju veru i svoj narod u SAD, na kraju je pristao. Tog aprila krenuo je za Detroit, gde ga je \u010dekala rastu\u0107a zajednica muslimanskih Albanaca iz Albanije.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailijev dolazak nai\u0161ao je na kritike vode\u0107ih albanskih listova u Bostonu, Dielli i Liria, koji su prvobitno podr\u017eavali totalitarni komunisti\u010dki re\u017eim Envera Hoxhe, ali su ga kroz nekoliko godina po\u010deli kritikovati. Prema Bajramiju, ovi listovi, vo\u0111eni antiteisti\u010dkim stavom albanske vlade, pribegli su klevetama tako \u0161to su Ismailija ozna\u010dili kao agenta kralja Zoga \u2014 prikazuju\u0107i imama kao neprijatelja nacije. U to vreme je kralj Zogu, biv\u0161i albanski monarh koji je vladao autoritativno i bio saveznik fa\u0161isti\u010dke Italije pre nego \u0161to je pobegao u egzil, bio \u017eigosan od strane Hoxhinog komunisti\u010dkog re\u017eima kao simbol izdaje.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neuznemiren, Ismaili je krenuo da slu\u017ei albanskoj zajednici. Prvobitno je obezbedio prostorije u Detroitskom me\u0111unarodnom institutu za islamske usluge i \u010dasove albanskog jezika. Me\u0111utim, njegov cilj je bila stalna d\u017eamija, te je putovao \u0161irom SAD i Kanade da prikupi potrebna sredstva.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ve\u0107i deo finansijske podr\u0161ke do\u0161ao je od samih Albanaca. Albansko udru\u017eenje muslimanskih \u017eena u Detroitu doniralo je 1.400 dolara, \u0161to bi danas bilo oko 16.000 dolara. Pravoslavni Albanci tako\u0111e su odigrali va\u017enu ulogu u podr\u0161ci ovoj inicijativi.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U to vreme, unutar albanske pravoslavne zajednice javljale su se podele. Godine 1950, albanski izaslanik Gr\u010dke patrijar\u0161ije, episkop Mark Lipa, stigao je u SAD i poku\u0161ao da stavi albanske pravoslavne crkve pod gr\u010dku crkvenu vlast.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/en\/kulture\/ditari-i-panjohur-i-qerim-panaritit-per-fan-nolin\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prema dnevniku Qerima Panaritija<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tada glavnog urednika lista Dielli, Lipin dolazak izazvao je duboke podele unutar albanske zajednice u Bostonu i smatran je direktnim izazovom za Nolija i nezavisnost Albanske pravoslavne crkve. Ismaili je \u010dvrsto stao u solidarnost sa Nolijem, brane\u0107i nacionalni karakter albanskih verskih institucija od strane stranog uplitanja.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312d0f1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"312d0f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3067d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3067d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ismailijev rad na osnivanju d\u017eamije u Detroitu, kao i Nolijeva odbrana verske nezavisnosti Albanaca, ukazivali su na \u0161ire me\u0111ureligijsko nastojanje da se oja\u010da albanski identitet u SAD.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11e7287 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11e7287\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2834994\" data-id=\"2834994\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f8488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31f8488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00ebrfundimisht, m\u00eb 6 qershor 1951, Xhamia Myslimane Shqiptare hapi dyert p\u00ebr publikun. Me rritjen e vazhdueshme t\u00eb komunitetit, objekti nuk i p\u00ebrmbushte m\u00eb nevojat e an\u00ebtar\u00ebve t\u00eb saj. N\u00eb vitin 1962, u shit dhe parat\u00eb u p\u00ebrdor\u00ebn p\u00ebr t\u00eb bler\u00eb tok\u00eb p\u00ebr nj\u00eb xhami t\u00eb re dhe m\u00eb t\u00eb madhe. Me ndihm\u00ebn e komunitetit m\u00eb t\u00eb gjer\u00eb shqiptar, p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb nj\u00eb donacion prej 500 dollar\u00ebsh nga Noli (n\u00eb vler\u00eb mbi 5,000 dollar\u00eb sot), u nd\u00ebrtua nga themeli nj\u00eb xhami e re n\u00eb Harper Woods, nj\u00eb periferi n\u00eb verilindje t\u00eb Detroitit.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angazhimi i Ismailit p\u00ebr themelimin e nj\u00eb xhamie n\u00eb Detroit, si dhe mbrojtja e pavar\u00ebsis\u00eb fetare shqiptare nga Noli, shp\u00ebrfaq\u00ebn nj\u00eb p\u00ebrpjekje t\u00eb gjer\u00eb nd\u00ebr-fetare p\u00ebr ta forcuar identitetin shqiptar n\u00eb SHBA dhe p\u00ebr t\u2019i rezistuar si kontrollit kishtar grek, ashtu edhe nd\u00ebrhyrjeve politike nga regjimi i Hoxh\u00ebs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xhamia e re, me nj\u00eb kupol\u00eb dhe minare t\u00eb stilit osman, u hap zyrtarisht m\u00eb 23 shkurt 1963. Interesante<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archnet.org\/sites\/10603\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ebsht\u00eb se arkitekti, Frank Beymer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ishte nj\u00eb gjermano-amerikan nga Ohio,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/revistakuvendi.org\/?p=5417\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">q\u00eb kishte p\u00ebrqafuar Islamin fal\u00eb p\u00ebrpjekjeve t\u00eb Nadjit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Beymer mbik\u00ebqyri nd\u00ebrtimin e xhamis\u00eb pa asnj\u00eb pages\u00eb.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aicod.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xhamia vazhdon t\u2019i sh\u00ebrbej\u00eb komunitetit edhe sot si Qend\u00ebr Islame Shqiptare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, n\u00ebn udh\u00ebheqjen e imam Shuajb G\u00ebrgurit.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7451f72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7451f72\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa07284\" data-id=\"aa07284\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d81d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76d81d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118474\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-News-mosque-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Albanski islamski centar u Harper Woodsu otvoren je 1963. godine, a d\u017eamiju u osmanskom stilu koja se nalazi u sklopu centra dizajnirao je Frank Beymer, koji je pre\u0161ao na islam pod uticajem Nadjija.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c3dfd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c3dfd0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3120208\" data-id=\"3120208\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4451a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4451a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na kraju, 6. juna 1951. godine, Albanska muslimanska d\u017eamija otvorila je svoja vrata za javnost. Kako je zajednica nastavila da raste, zgrada vi\u0161e nije mogla da zadovolji potrebe svojih \u010dlanova. Godine 1962. prodata je, a novac je upotrebljen za kupovinu zemlji\u0161ta za novu i ve\u0107u d\u017eamiju. Uz pomo\u0107 \u0161ire albanske zajednice, uklju\u010duju\u0107i donaciju od 500 dolara od Nolija (danas preko 5.000 dolara), nova d\u017eamija je izgra\u0111ena od temelja u Harper Woodsu, predgra\u0111u severoisto\u010dno od Detroita.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailijev rad na osnivanju d\u017eamije u Detroitu, kao i Nolijeva odbrana verske nezavisnosti Albanaca, ukazivali su na \u0161ire me\u0111ureligijsko nastojanje da se oja\u010da albanski identitet u SAD i pru\u017ei otpor kako gr\u010dkoj crkvenoj kontroli, tako i politi\u010dkom me\u0161anju od strane Hoxhinog re\u017eima.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nova d\u017eamija, s kupolom i minaretom u osmanskom stilu, zvani\u010dno je otvorena 23. februara 1963. Zanimljivo je da je <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archnet.org\/sites\/10603\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arhitekta, Frank Beymer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, bio nema\u010dko-ameri\u010dkog porekla iz Ohaja, koji je <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/revistakuvendi.org\/?p=5417\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prihvatio islam zahvaljuju\u0107i Nadjijevom trudu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Beymer je nadgledao izgradnju d\u017eamije bez ikakve nadoknade. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aicod.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ona i danas slu\u017ei zajednici kao Albanski islamski centar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pod vo\u0111stvom imama Shuajba G\u00ebrgurija.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U intervjuu iz 1994. godine, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/bislame.net\/docs\/edukata87\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je istakao zna\u010daj o\u010duvanja albanskog jezika i kulture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> u dijaspori, napominju\u0107i napore porodica da obezbede da njihova deca ostanu vezana za svoje nasle\u0111e kroz \u010dasove jezika u d\u017eamijama i crkvama. Tako\u0111e je ispri\u010dao o osamnaestogodi\u0161njoj Fatmire Sylejmani, koja je, nakon \u0161to je videla poziv za donacije u <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/potpuri.org\/The-Rilindja-of-diaspora\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rilindji, koja se izdavala u \u0160vajcarskoj od 1992. do 1996. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, organizovala doga\u0111aj u d\u017eamiji u Harper Woodsu i prikupila preko 3.000 dolara za albansku decu na Kosovu, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/foundations-of-kosovos-parallel-state\/#:~:text=By%20the%20mid%2D1990s%2C%20the,of%20Kosovo's%20status%20seemed%20to\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">koja su tada bila primorana da poha\u0111aju paralelni \u0161kolski sistem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je bio i posve\u0107en pisac, autor preko 50 knjiga na verske i knji\u017eevne teme. Njegova najpoznatija knjiga, \u201cMuhammad, the Last Prophet\u201d (Muhamed, poslednji poslanik), prevedena je na 25 jezika i prou\u010davana \u0161irom sveta. Tokom svog boravka u Kairu, imao je pionirsku ulogu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamgjakova.net\/artikulli.php?id=16262\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">u povezivanju albanske i arapske knji\u017eevne tradicije<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Prevodio je dela poput \u201cZlatne kolevke\u201d Ernesta Koliqija, poznatog po <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fjala.info\/djepi-i-arit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dubokim psiholo\u0161kim uvidima i dramskoj narativnoj strukturi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, uvode\u0107i albansku knji\u017eevnost u arapski svet.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uprkos svojim dostignu\u0107ima i sna\u017enoj zajednici \u010diji je deo postao u SAD, Ismaili je razvio duboku \u010de\u017enju za domovinom. Po\u010dev\u0161i od 1962. godine, vi\u0161e puta je aplicirao za vizu za posetu Albaniji, ali su svi zahtevi bili odbijeni. Tokom <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sa-kra.ch\/imamvismaili.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">razgovora sa muslimanskim albanskim intelektualcem Mexhidom Yvejsijem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ismaili je bio podstaknut da umesto toga poseti Kosovo. Yvejsi mu je rekao: \u201cTvoja \u010de\u017enja za Albanijom, za Skadrom, mo\u017ee se ubla\u017eiti jer je Kosovo, iako pod srpskom okupacijom, i dalje Albanija\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kada je Ismaili u po\u010detku oklevao, Yvejsi mu je predlo\u017eio da ode u \u0110akovicu i poseti ku\u0107u njegovog oca, hafiza Selima Yvejsija, rekav\u0161i: \u201cOdande \u0107e ti se otvoriti celo Kosovo\u201d. Slede\u0107i Yvejsijev savet, Ismaili je odlu\u010dio da krene na put. Nekoliko dana kasnije, otputovao je na Kosovo, gde \u0107e se vratiti jo\u0161 dva puta izme\u0111u 1970. i 1980. godine. Po dolasku, do\u010dekan je s toplinom i gostoprimstvom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKosovo me je osve\u017eilo, obnovilo\u201d, kasnije je rekao. Opisao je kako su ga <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/bislame.net\/docs\/edukata87\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ljudi primali u svoje domove s bratskom ljubavlju, \u010dine\u0107i da se ose\u0107a kao da je u svojoj domovini<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cZato sam, kad god sam imao priliku, u govoru ili pisanju, branio Kosovo i poku\u0161avao da pru\u017eim podr\u0161ku i sredstva kad god sam mogao.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sa-kra.ch\/imamvismaili.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailijeva posve\u0107enost Kosovu ostala je \u010dvrsta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; 1994. godine, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamgjakova.net\/artikulli.php?id=5866\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albanski islamski centar pod njegovim vo\u0111stvom prikupio je 17.200 dolara<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> za podr\u0161ku Kosovu tokom perioda aparthejda i represije.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U me\u0111uvremenu, 1988. godine, posle oko 50 godina \u2014 i onoga \u0161to je prvobitno trebalo da bude kratak period studiranja u Kairu \u2014 Ismaili se vratio u svoj dom u Skadru, \u0161to je bilo mogu\u0107e tek nakon \u0161to je politi\u010dka klima u Albaniji po\u010dela da se menja posle Hoxhine smrti 1985. godine. Naravno, nakon pet decenija, mnogi \u010dlanovi njegove porodice su preminuli. Posetio je grobove svojih roditelja i jednog od bra\u0107e, iako nije uspeo da prona\u0111e grobove svoje druge dvojice bra\u0107e. Prema Bajramiju, kada je Ismaili napustio Skadar 1937. godine, grad je imao 36 d\u017eamija. Kada se vratio, zatekao je samo jednu \u2014 Olovnu d\u017eamiju (alb. Xhamia e Plumbit), izgra\u0111enu 1773. godine \u2014 u jako zapu\u0161tenom i oronulom stanju.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailijevo duhovno vo\u0111stvo ostavilo je posebno dubok trag u albanskoj dijaspori u SAD. Njegove d\u017eenaze, posebno, postale su deo kolektivnog se\u0107anja zajednice. U oktobru 1949. godine, samo nekoliko meseci po dolasku u Detroit, otputovao je u Njujork i predvodio ono \u0161to se smatra prvom islamskom sahranom na albanskom jeziku u SAD, odaju\u0107i po\u010dast <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sa-kra.ch\/imamvismaili.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mid\u2019hatu Frash\u00ebriju, sinu Abdyla Frash\u00ebrija<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, istaknutog lidera Prizrenske lige koji se zalagao za ve\u0107u autonomiju u okviru Osmanskog carstva i postavio temelje za kona\u010dnu nezavisnost Albanije.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skoro 60 godina kasnije, iste te obrede su izveli za samog Ismailija nakon njegove smrti 17. maja 2008. godine, u 88. godini \u017eivota. Njegova sahrana bila je oma\u017e \u010doveku koji je \u017eivot posvetio vo\u0111enju generacija ameri\u010dkih Albanaca u veri i naciji.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismaili je sahranjen na <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/233735410\/vehbi-ismail\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">groblju Knollwood Memorial Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> u Kentonu, Mi\u010digen. Na njegovom nadgrobnom spomeniku je ispisan slede\u0107i ajet iz Kur\u2019ana: \u201cA oni koji veruju i \u010dine dobra dela, njihovo boravi\u0161te bi\u0107e D\u017eennet, nagrada za ono \u0161to su radili (18:107)\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sa-kra.ch\/imamvismaili.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jednom je rekao<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201cNe znam da li sam u\u010dinio dovoljno za Albance\u201d. Verujem da njegovo nasle\u0111e govori samo za sebe. Njegove sumnje da li je u\u010dinio dovoljno zasenjene su nepobitnim uticajem koji je imao na Albance \u0161irom sveta \u2014 od Detroita do Njujorka, Kosova do Egipta i dalje.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Vera i otpor albanskih muslimana u Njujorku<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dok je Hoxha sistematski brisao versko nasle\u0111e Albanije, suzbijaju\u0107i sve oblike bogoslu\u017eenja i nasilno pretvaraju\u0107i Albaniju u prvu ateisti\u010dku dr\u017eavu na svetu, muslimanski Albanci u Njujorku bili su odlu\u010dni da o\u010duvaju svoju veru i kulturu. Godine 1966. okupili su se na <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pashtriku.org\/mexhid-yvejsi-40-vjetori-i-xhamise-qendres-islame-shqiptare-amerikane-per-shtetet-new-york-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skup\u0161tini Albansko-ameri\u010dkog islamskog centra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, predvo\u0111eni velikim muftijom Salihom Myftiuom, gde su postavili temelje za osnivanje d\u017eamije.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pashtriku.org\/mexhid-yvejsi-40-vjetori-i-xhamise-qendres-islame-shqiptare-amerikane-per-shtetet-new-york-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myftiu, ro\u0111en 1891. godine u Skadru<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, poticao je iz duboko religiozne i patriotske porodice. Rano se uklju\u010dio u pokret za nezavisnost Albanije i sna\u017eno se zalagao za prevod Kur\u2019ana na albanski jezik. Tokom Drugog svetskog rata, suprotstavio se italijanskim fa\u0161istima, nema\u010dkim nacistima i usponu komunizma. Njegov oru\u017eani otpor doveo je do zatvaranja od strane fa\u0161ista i nastavka sukoba s komunisti\u010dkim re\u017eimom posle rata. Nakon godina izgnanstva u Italiji, emigrirao je u SAD 1965. godine, gde je postao klju\u010dna figura u albanskoj dijaspori i pomogao osnivanje Albanskog ameri\u010dkog islamskog centra kako bi podr\u017eao i verske i nacionalne ciljeve.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nakon godina napora, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1972\/11\/13\/archives\/albanians-open-a-mosque-here.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u017eamija Albansko-ameri\u010dkog islamskog centra zvani\u010dno je otvorena 12. novembra 1972. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> u naselju Flatbush u Bruklinu. Ceremoniji je prisustvovao veliki broj Albanaca, od kojih su mnogi nosili tradicionalnu albansku no\u0161nju. Kada je osamdesetogodi\u0161nji Myftiu presekao vrpcu kako bi zvani\u010dno otvorio d\u017eamiju, u\u010dinio je to sa \u201cBismillah\u201d \u2013 \u201cU ime Boga\u201d, kao na\u010din da se obnovi verski ponos me\u0111u albanskim izgnanicima u vreme kada su takvi izrazi bili zabranjeni u njihovoj domovini.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-951a94b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"951a94b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d95863b\" data-id=\"d95863b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99dad5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99dad5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118510\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Press-Clippings-Albanians-open-a-mosque-in-Brooklyn-1972-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Izve\u0161taj New York Timesa o otvaranju d\u017eamije 1972. godine istakao je imama Isu Hoxhu, koji je naglasio da vera povezuje albanske iseljenike.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-913319a\" data-id=\"913319a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1590f63 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1590f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b23f1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b23f1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">U tekstu lista New York Times koji je izve\u0161tavao o doga\u0111aju, citiran je kako ka\u017ee: \u201cRazlog izgradnje na\u0161e d\u017eamije je da okupimo albanski narod i da poka\u017eemo Enveru Hoxhi da narod i dalje \u017eeli da sa\u010duva svoju veru\u201d.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bb82df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bb82df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42c91a7\" data-id=\"42c91a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd9bbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd9bbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imam Isa Hoxha, ro\u0111en 25. maja 1918. u selu Byty\u00e7, u Tropoji, postao je prvi imam novoosnovane d\u017eamije. Hoxhin \u017eivot, sli\u010dno kao i \u017eivot Myftiua, bio je oblikovan i njegovim verskim obrazovanjem i njegovim anga\u017emanom u albanskoj nacionalisti\u010dkoj borbi protiv fa\u0161isti\u010dkih i nacisti\u010dkih okupatora tokom Drugog svetskog rata. Nakon uspostavljanja komunizma u Albaniji, bio je prinu\u0111en na izgnanstvo i <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamgjakova.net\/artikulli.php?id=2085\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">slu\u017eio je albanskim muslimanskim zajednicama \u0161irom Evrope<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pre nego \u0161to se nastanio u SAD 1962. godine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-946b6fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"946b6fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05b4759\" data-id=\"05b4759\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2c611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c2c611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118486\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imam-Isa-Hoxha-326x227.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kada je 1972. godine u Bruklinu otvoren Albansko-ameri\u010dki islamski centar, imam Isa Hoxha postao je njegov prvi duhovni vo\u0111a.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1de4140 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1de4140\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9319185\" data-id=\"9319185\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ed5e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ed5e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U Albanskom islamskom centru Amerike, Hoxha je nastavio svoju misiju duhovne i nacionalne slu\u017ebe. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1972\/11\/13\/archives\/albanians-open-a-mosque-here.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U tekstu lista New York Times koji je izve\u0161tavao o doga\u0111aju<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, citiran je kako ka\u017ee: \u201cRazlog izgradnje na\u0161e d\u017eamije je da okupimo albanski narod i da poka\u017eemo Enveru Hoxhi da narod i dalje \u017eeli da sa\u010duva svoju veru\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decenijama kasnije, ostao je vatreni govornik. Na demonstracijama ispred Bele ku\u0107e 10. maja 1996. godine, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gazetadielli.com\/imam-isa-hoxhavazhdim-i-idealeve-te-rilindjes-kombetare\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tra\u017ee\u0107i podr\u0161ku SAD za osloba\u0111anje Kosova, izjavio je<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201cNa\u0161 glas je glas Albanaca koji \u017eude za domovinom, glas dijaspore koja poziva na oslobo\u0111enje na\u0161ih okupiranih teritorija. Taj glas nije utihnuo ve\u0107 vek u borbi za nezavisnost Albanije i ne\u0107e prestati dok Kosovo ne bude slobodno i dok Albanija ne postane ono \u0161to albanski narod zaista \u017eeli.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Napori Myftiua i Hoxhe imali su va\u017enu ulogu u o\u010duvanju albanskog muslimanskog identiteta u SAD. Osnivanje d\u017eamije u Bruklinu, zatim jo\u0161 jedne u Nju D\u017eerziju, kao i <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/18yFN6CvvT\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stipendija osnovana u Hoxhino ime za podr\u0161ku mladim albanskim studentima<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, predstavljaju zna\u010dajan doprinos o\u010duvanju tog identiteta na podru\u010dju Njujorka.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Baba Rexhepi i bekta\u0161i iz Mi\u010digena<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U \u0161iroj pri\u010di o albanskim muslimanima u SAD, ne mo\u017ee se izostaviti pri\u010da o bekta\u0161ima. Bekta\u0161i su sledbenici sufijskog reda u islamu koji je razvio specifi\u010dnu, liberalnu i misti\u010dnu tradiciju, kombinuju\u0107i elemente i sunitskog i \u0161iitskog u\u010denja. Nekada\u0161nje <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/islamicpluralism.org\/2331\/the-sufi-journey-of-baba-rexheb\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">duhovne vo\u0111e jani\u010dara u Osmanskom carstvu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, izgubili su uticaj nakon \u0161to su 1826. godine rasformirani, a potom i zvani\u010dno zabranjeni u Turskoj od strane Mustafe Kemala Atat\u00fcrka 1925. godine. Red je tada premestio svoj centar u Albaniju, gde je ostao va\u017ena duhovna snaga.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9eedd8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9eedd8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d07aa9b\" data-id=\"d07aa9b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfeb7be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfeb7be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"714\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baba-Rexhep-Beqiri-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-118574\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baba-Rexhep-Beqiri-1.jpg 714w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baba-Rexhep-Beqiri-1-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baba-Rexhep-Beqiri-1-326x343.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Baba Rexhepi bio je istaknuti duhovni vo\u0111a bekta\u0161ijske zajednice nakon \u0161to je osnovao prvu tekiju u Americi, u Mi\u010digenu.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7451fa0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7451fa0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2459e58\" data-id=\"2459e58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d33803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d33803\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jedna od njegovih najuticajnijih li\u010dnosti bio je Rexhep Beqiri, ro\u0111en 1901. godine u \u0110irokastri, u porodici duboko ukorenjenoj u bekta\u0161koj tradiciji. Sa 21 godinom dao je zavet i postao Dervish Rexhepi, slu\u017ee\u0107i vi\u0161e od dve decenije kao duhovni vo\u0111a u lokalnoj tekiji. Ali 1944. godine, kada je gra\u0111anski rat u Albaniji po\u010deo da se okre\u0107e u korist komunista, situacija se drasti\u010dno promenila. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dokumen.pub\/the-sufi-journey-of-baba-rexheb-1nbsped-9781934536544-9781934536124.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jedan posetilac ga je upozorio da novi re\u017eim planira da ga uhvati i ubije zbog njegovog uticaja i antikomunisti\u010dkih stavova<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cMu\u010di\u0107e te i ubiti na najstra\u0161niji na\u010din\u201d, rekao mu je. \u201cBolje ti je da be\u017ei\u0161.\u201d I tako je pobegao, nikada vi\u0161e ne videv\u0161i svoju voljenu Albaniju.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dervish Rexhepi je proveo \u010detiri godine u izbegli\u010dkom kampu u Bariju, Italija, pre nego \u0161to se preselio u Kairo. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Egypt\/The-revolution-and-the-Republic\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usled rastu\u0107e politi\u010dke nestabilnosti u Egiptu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, i podstaknut pozivom svoje sestre iz Njujorka, odlu\u010dio je da se preseli. U decembru 1952. godine otputovao je u SAD brodom MS Saturnia, nose\u0107i sa sobom kofer i duhovnu tradiciju koju je \u017eeleo da o\u010duva u novoj zemlji. Iako je bio izri\u010diti antikomunista, ameri\u010dke vlasti, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/McCarthyism\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zaslepljene hladnoratnom paranojom u doba makartizma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, skoro su mu uskratile ulazak u zemlju, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dokumen.pub\/the-sufi-journey-of-baba-rexheb-1nbsped-9781934536544-9781934536124.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etiketirav\u0161i ga kao komunistu bez ikakve provere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rexhepi je stigao u Njujork sa \u017eeljom da otvori bekta\u0161ku tekiju. Ali, kako pi\u0161e u biografiji koju je napisala Frances Trix, mnogi Albanci u Njujorku, pod uticajem sekularnih ideala, li\u010dnih uverenja i pritiska asimilacije, izbegavali su ga. Iako su ga neki stariji bekta\u0161i do\u010dekali s dobrodo\u0161licom, njegovo prisustvo je uznemirilo druge. Albanski kulturni centar, kojim su dominirali komunisti, blokirao je njegove poku\u0161aje da organizuje okupljanja, strahuju\u0107i od povratka duhovnog \u017eivota me\u0111u dijasporom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S obzirom na otpor, Rexhepi je napustio Njujork i zaputio se ka Detroitu. Tamo je do\u010dekan srda\u010dno. I muslimani i hri\u0161\u0107ani Albanci su ga do\u010dekali srda\u010dno, a nekoliko bekta\u0161kih porodica ponudilo je svoju podr\u0161ku. Dana 24. oktobra 1953. godine, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dokumen.pub\/the-sufi-journey-of-baba-rexheb-1nbsped-9781934536544-9781934536124.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sedamnaest Albanaca okupilo se u dvorani St. Andrew\u2019s Hall i obe\u0107alo sredstva za izgradnju tekije<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Ve\u0107ina su bili fabri\u010dki radnici ili vlasnici malih radnji, ali su uprkos tome prikupili zna\u010dajnu sumu novca.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/isamveri.org\/pdfdrg\/D143394\/2005\/2005_ABIVAH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tekija je zvani\u010dno otvorena u Tayloru, u saveznoj dr\u017eavi Mi\u010digen, 15. maja 1954. godine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, uz prisustvo velikog broja ljudi, uklju\u010duju\u0107i posetioce iz Njujorka. Sa otvaranjem, Rexhepi je unapre\u0111en u \u010din \u201cbabe\u201d, duhovnog vo\u0111e u redovima bekta\u0161kog tarikata. Na ulazu, Baba Rexhepi je prou\u010dio Fatihu, uvodni ajet Kur\u2019ana, kako bi blagoslovio ovaj doga\u0111aj.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U govoru odr\u017eanom dvadeset godina kasnije, povodom godi\u0161njice otvaranja tekije, osvrnuo se na ranije neuspele poku\u0161aje da se osnuje tekija u Njujorku i na protivljenje albanskog komunisti\u010dkog re\u017eima, koji je pretio porodicama onih koji su podr\u017eavali taj poduhvat. Tako\u0111e je istakao klju\u010dni doprinos albanskih \u017eena. Me\u0111u njima je pomenuo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dokumen.pub\/the-sufi-journey-of-baba-rexheb-1nbsped-9781934536544-9781934536124.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Havu Seid, Kile Selfo, Fiqiret Myrtezu, Shaniko Qytezu, Zejnep Adam, Shazo Ali, Fato Nakoleci i Nekije Peshkopiju<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u010dija su posve\u0107enost i rad bili od presudnog zna\u010daja za ostvarenje ideje o tekiji.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rexhepijeva uloga u zajednici prevazilazila je njegovu duhovnu funkciju. Njegova empatija i spremnost da pomogne onima u nevolji bili su o\u010digledni svima. Sredinom 1950-ih, \u010dlan jedne italijanske porodice koja je \u017eivela preko puta tekije izvr\u0161io je samoubistvo. Lokalna katoli\u010dka crkva odbila je da obavi sahranu osobi koja je sebi oduzela \u017eivot. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dokumen.pub\/the-sufi-journey-of-baba-rexheb-1nbsped-9781934536544-9781934536124.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rexhepi, koji je te\u010dno govorio italijanski zahvaljuju\u0107i svom izbegli\u010dkom periodu provedenom u Italiji, pristao je bez oklevanja<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sastavio i odr\u017eao versku slu\u017ebu na italijanskom jeziku.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Godine 1966. pokrenuo je \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1WnF92jodQkqc6nBdnB7EqgQGdUcoF7yn\/edit\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z\u00ebri i Bektashizm\u00ebs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d \u2014 Glas bekta\u0161izma \u2014 dvogodi\u0161nji \u010dasopis koji je na pristupa\u010dan na\u010din obja\u0161njavao istoriju, principe i misti\u010dnu filozofiju bekta\u0161izma. \u010casopis je tako\u0111e prihvatao priloge albanskih intelektualaca i pozivao na jedinstvo, moralnost i nacionalni ponos. Ve\u0107inu tekstova pisao je sam Rexhepi.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ostao je posve\u0107en svojoj duhovnoj misiji i zajednici sve do smrti 1995. godine. Umro je u Mi\u010digenu, daleko od svoje rodne \u0110irokastre, ostaviv\u0161i za sobom malu, ali trajnu versku instituciju <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/firstalbaniantekebektashianeinamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">koja i danas slu\u017ei Albancima u Americi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Ko ostaje upam\u0107en, i za\u0161to?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upadljivo je, i donekle zabrinjavaju\u0107e, to \u0161to za mnoge od ovih li\u010dnosti nisam \u010duo sve dok nisam zapo\u010deo ovo istra\u017eivanje. Mo\u017ee se razumeti da su neki detalji izgubljeni tokom vremena, ali je mnogo te\u017ee objasniti za\u0161to su \u010ditavi \u017eivoti i pri\u010de \u2014 od kojih su neke nesumnjivo ostavile sna\u017ean trag \u2014 ostali na marginama na\u0161e istorijske svesti. Vredi se zato zapitati: po kojim kriterijumima se meri ne\u010diji istorijski zna\u010daj?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noli je \u0161iroko upam\u0107en po svojoj ulozi u ranoj izgradnji albanske dr\u017eave, kao i po svom politi\u010dkom, akademskom i verskom radu. Ismaili, s druge strane, mnogo je manje prisutan u na\u0161em kolektivnom pam\u0107enju, uprkos \u017eivotnom delu koje je podrazumevalo o\u010duvanje verske zajednice u egzilu, podr\u0161ku Kosovu u najte\u017eim godinama, obnavljanje verskog \u017eivota nakon Hoxhe i podu\u010davanje generacija albanske dece u Americi jeziku, istoriji i kulturi. Ta razlika u vidljivosti odra\u017eava na\u010din na koji se oblikuje istorijsko pam\u0107enje \u2014 i \u010diji se doprinosi izdvajaju u prvi plan.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189bd90 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"189bd90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc26d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adc26d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kontrast izme\u0111u toga kako pamtimo ljude poput Nolija i Ismailija otkriva vi\u0161e o hijerarhiji se\u0107anja unutar na\u0161ih istorijskih narativa nego o tome kakvi su oni zaista bili.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5edc1e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5edc1e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f946ae\" data-id=\"2f946ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffc5fd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffc5fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ovaj tekst nije poku\u0161aj da se povuku direktne paralele, ve\u0107 poziv da se razgovor pro\u0161iri izvan uskih okvira u kojima se obi\u010dno vodi. Ne moramo imati kona\u010dne odgovore na pitanja istorijskog zna\u010daja da bismo umeli da cenimo \u017eivote iz pro\u0161losti koji su na razli\u010dite na\u010dine oblikovali na\u0161e zajednice. Ipak, zna\u010dajno je to \u0161to se li\u010dnosti koje su bile bli\u017ee povezane sa stvaranjem dr\u017eave \u2014 poput Nolija i Konice \u2014 i dalje nalaze u sredi\u0161tu na\u0161eg kolektivnog pam\u0107enja, \u0161to odra\u017eava dominaciju narativa zasnovanih na dr\u017eavi u na\u010dinu na koji se istorija pripoveda.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kroz istra\u017eivanje sam uvideo da su muslimanski albanski lideri \u2014 zajedno sa \u017eenama, radnicima, studentima i drugima \u2014 me\u0111u onima \u010diji je doprinos unapre\u0111enju albanskog \u017eivota van okvira stvaranja dr\u017eave ostao u senci. Kontrast izme\u0111u toga kako pamtimo ljude poput Nolija i Ismailija otkriva vi\u0161e o hijerarhiji se\u0107anja unutar na\u0161ih istorijskih narativa nego o tome kakvi su oni zaista bili.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u010cinjenica da je Nadji prakti\u010dno nepoznat \u010dak i u albanskim krugovima te\u0161ko je shvatljiva i zaslu\u017euje poseban tekst. Njegov doprinos mo\u017eda nije bio nacionalnog karaktera, ali zato nije bio ni\u0161ta manje zna\u010dajan. Njegov \u017eivot pripoveda druga\u010diju pri\u010du \u2014 onu u kojoj je islam, a ne albanski identitet, bio glavna pokreta\u010dka snaga.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To \u0161to su ove istorije i dalje tako malo istra\u017eene ne ukazuje samo na ograni\u010denja albanske istoriografije, u kojoj su muslimanski doprinosi \u010desto marginalizovani, ve\u0107 i na \u0161ire probleme u slo\u017eenoj politici proizvodnje znanja. Ko odlu\u010duje \u010diji \u0107e se \u017eivoti pamtiti, koje \u0107e se pri\u010de prepri\u010davati, koje zaostav\u0161tine o\u010duvati, a koje baciti u istorijski zaborav?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0160to vi\u0161e \u010ditam i istra\u017eujem albansku istoriju \u2014 u ovom slu\u010daju kroz prizmu emigracije u SAD \u2014 to mi vi\u0161e li\u010di na napuklo retrovizorsko ogledalo: pokazuje delove pro\u0161losti, ali nikada celu sliku. Neki delovi su jasni, a drugi potpuno izostali. Naravno, nijedno ogledalo nije savr\u0161eno, ali bi barem trebalo da poku\u0161amo da popravimo ono koje imamo \u2014 jer ono \u0161to u njemu nedostaje nije samo zaboravljeno, ve\u0107 je u\u010dinjeno nevidljivim.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Naslovna fotografija:\u00a0via CC.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B\/C\/S SHQ ENG DUGA FORMA Hijerarhije se\u0107anja Otkrivanje \u017eivota muslimanskih Albanaca u Americi Pi\u0161e Shan Karemani \u2014 10\/6\/2025 Amerika nakon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":118582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[973],"tags":[1737],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118746"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118775,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118746\/revisions\/118775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}