Elvis Naçi

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Elvis Naçi (born April 7, 1977 in Tirana ) is an Albanian imam . He is head of the Tabakëve Mosque in Tirana, operated by the Muslim Community of Albania , and founder and president of the non-profit and cultural foundation Firdeus .

Naçi is very active in running a Facebook page , which had over 800,000 subscribers at the end of 2019, and regularly posts videos of his Chutbas (Friday sermons ) on his YouTube channel , which at the time had over 172,000 subscribers. Due to his great popularity among the Muslims of Albania , but also among other Muslim Albanians , he became known nationally and is regularly invited to Albanian talk shows .

Elvis Naçi is also one of the most violent critics of radical Islamism in Albania. He accused the Albanian state of doing too little against imams with radical sermon content. A security service is employed in his own mosque and reports suspicious mosque visitors to the local police.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hyrja - Elvis Naçi. Retrieved October 5, 2017 (Albanian, brief description of the person on the official website (at the bottom)).
  2. ↑ Elvis Naçi rrëfen prapaskenat e “Top Show”: Më gënjyen, donin sherr. Panorama , September 21, 2016, accessed on October 5, 2017 (Albanian, comment by Elvis Naçi on his appearance on the Top Show program ).
  3. ↑ Elvis Naçi hap debat të ri: Femra duhet të zbukurohet dhe në shtëpi. Koha Jonë , October 2, 2017, accessed October 5, 2017 (Albanian, comment by Elvis Naçi on his appearance on the program Pasdite në Top Channel ).
  4. ↑ Elvis Naçi- Blendi Fevziut: Se i shikon këtu në “Opinion” të mbajtura ti… Opinion.al , October 3, 2017, accessed on October 5, 2017 (Albanian, short summary of Opinion.al for the broadcast on October 3, 2017) .
  5. ↑ Imami Naçi: Roje private kundër ekstremistëve në xhaminë time. Shqiptarja.com, December 2, 2015, accessed October 5, 2017 (Albanian).
personal data
SURNAME Naçi, Elvis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian imam, head of the Tabakëve Mosque in Tirana
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Tirana