Interview MUSTAFA EFENDI JUSUFSPAHIĆ
MUFTI OF THE BELGRADE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY OF SERBIA, CHIEF MILITARY IMAM OF THE SERBIAN ARMED FORCES AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HALAL AGENCY OF SERBIA
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henever Mufti Mustafa Efendi Jusufspahić’s voice is heard in public, it acts as a soothing ointment. And that’s the case whether he’s discussing coexistence, society and the future, or critiquing certain phenomena and events. That’s because criticism that’s born of an authentic desire to make our world a better place has healing properties. Mustafa Efendi Jusufspahić is Mufti of the Belgrade Islamic Community of Serbia, but also a major and chief military imam of the Serbian Armed Forces and the executive director of Halal Agency Serbia. We spoke with him to discuss the situation today in both Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, the role of religion in society, how we can all live together and how chains of hatred can be broken, the current position of the Islamic Community of Serbia, but also what we should consider when thinking about the pandemic.
Neighbours Are Closer Than Family “We mustn’t remain silent. We have to constantly be at the epicentre of crisis events. Where churches are set on fire, the hodja hasn’t done do his job; where mosques are set on fire, the priest hasn’t done his job properly.”
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