O you people, indeed We created you from a male and female, We made you nations and tribes in order of  being recognized among each-other... (Huxhurat- 13) Dear readers, - Assalamu aleikum - Welcome to: Faqet Islame Shqiptare or  Albanian Islamic Pages Thanks to Allah, the purpose of those pages is to provide Albanian - Islamic information and teachings in Albanian language to Albanian people. Islam and Albanians! Islam, the real and true religion of Allah (s.w.t.), is the dominant religion of the Albanians. Albanians got their religion many centuries back. The first traces of Islam between Albanians, can be found from the time of Prophet (s.a.s), when his friends, started their long and holy journeys on the path of Dawa (preaching). Missionaries like Sari Salltik (the famous Anatolian Dervish) and other preachers, made a glorious efforts and history on the Albanian lands, for bringing the truth and destroying the evil... Articles on Albanian Islam... Islam Builds a Future in Kosovo 50 Years In An Atheistic Dungeon (Islam in present days Albania) Albanians,  celebrating in Islamic Kosova Islam came between Albanians as mercy from their God. In the times when Albania was ruled from the foreigners. Albanians where in crises of their existence and identity in the days of their Islam's conversion. It was Islam, and only Islam the one that brought back to Albanians their identity and glory.  Under the Islamic Commonwealth, Albanians reached their highest glories and fames. Albanians where those who opened Egypt, made and ruled it (Mehmed Ali, from Chameria - today colonized south Epir-Greece), they were those who went so far as Sudan (Sinan Pasha) and Malaya, under the flag of Islam.   Names like the Blue Mosque, Mehmed Ali, Ali Pasha, Sami Frasheri etc... are going to be written with respect and love from the Islamic world, for their contribution on the raise and development of the Islamic Ummah and Civilization.  Today the Albanian nation, counts on its national body 90% of its population being Muslim. From those, 75% are inside Albania and the majorance of Kosovars, Vardaris (Albanians of Macedonia) and Albanians of Montenegro are Muslims. It is relevant to be mentioned that Islam in Balkans and Albanian lands is not only the faith of Albanians, but it is also the religion of Bosnians, Turks, Greeks, Macedonians, Gypsies etc...

Et'hem Beg mosque, Tirana, Albania LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Reflections on the Situation of Islam in Albanian Lands From: a good information on present developments of religious trends in Albanian lands. The Development of the Islamic Culture Among Albanians During the XXth Century one of the best sources of Information, with regard to the Albanian Islamic Developments The first contacts of Islam with Balkanian people a good source of information on Islam and its history in Balkans History of Albania: The Encyclopedia of Islam Islamization of Shqeptaret: The clash of religions in medieval Albania Albanian - English Dictionary http://www.get.to/fjalor USEFUL LINKS on the Albanian American Islamic community info, check the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center of New York. THE HOLY QUR'AN The first translated version of the Holy Qur'an in Albanian, is now available on the Internet search on the Albanian Islamic Pages   Subscribe to the  Albanian Muslim Students Discussion List archives of alb-muslimstudents