Mufti talks "taking over" municipal building

Islamic Community in Serbia Mufti Muamer Zukorlic told Novi Pazar citizens that they needed to “take over“ the town hall if they wanted to work and earn money. He addressed the citizens who gathered at the Bosniak Flag Day celebration in Novi Pazar Wednesday night. Mufti talks "taking over" municipal building He said that Sandzak needed an honest leadersip that would “work for its people, will not steal and abuse its position“. “We don't need people who will use their position for personal and family enrichment, but those who will be true carriers of the spirit of Islam and we have such people,“ Zukorlic pointed out. The mufti has assessed that the Belgrade authorities had never been on Bosniaks' side and that their interferance with the work of the Bosniak National Council had not given any results. “This doesn't even exist in Africa, that a body's mandate expires before 1,400 days and that the government is giving it budget money to spend. The body and the people there are not important, the most important thing is an offensive message to our intellect, if they think there is one single Bosniak that they will fool with that. That's why we are proud, because those couple of hundreds of euros of state money did not stop us,“ he said. Zukorlic explained that the Islamic Community in Serbia's educational and other institutions were doing their best to help the Bosniak children and the poor. The mufti said those gathered needed an opportunity to earn their wages in a dignified manner, and continued: “Neither the Bosniak National Council nor the Bosniak Cultural Community can provide that to you… That’s why you have to take over that building over there and I am telling you that you will have an opportunity to do it very soon… Don’t expect me to do that,” he stressed. Zukorlic pointed out that the Bosniak flag meant peace for all citizens of Sandzak – Bosniaks, Serbs and Montenegrins. He added that attempts to represent Bosniaks as a threat to the state were futile. “A threat to the state are those who are incapable of running it and we who have been pointing to it all are not a threat. We are not a threat to the state we are not like some doctors who are saying nice things to patients while giving them wrong medications, like some people from here are doing to Belgrade,” Zukorlic stated. He claims that Serbs every day congratulate and thank him and promise him support regardless of the religious differences. The mufti said that he was happy that none of 39 religious teachers, who had been fired from schools, was brought to their knees. Pointing out that it sounded incredible, he said that not a single construction permit for a mosque had been issued in Novi Pazar, from Ottoman Empire until today. Muamer Zukorlic (Tanjug, file)

Mufti talks "taking over" municipal building

He said that Sandžak needed an honest leadersip that would “work for its people, will not steal and abuse its position“.

“We don't need people who will use their position for personal and family enrichment, but those who will be true carriers of the spirit of Islam and we have such people,“ Zukorlić pointed out.

The mufti has assessed that the Belgrade authorities had never been on Bosniaks' side and that their interferance with the work of the Bosniak National Council had not given any results.

“This doesn't even exist in Africa, that a body's mandate expires before 1,400 days and that the government is giving it budget money to spend. The body and the people there are not important, the most important thing is an offensive message to our intellect, if they think there is one single Bosniak that they will fool with that. That's why we are proud, because those couple of hundreds of euros of state money did not stop us,“ he said.

Zukorlić explained that the Islamic Community in Serbia's educational and other institutions were doing their best to help the Bosniak children and the poor.

The mufti said those gathered needed an opportunity to earn their wages in a dignified manner, and continued: “Neither the Bosniak National Council nor the Bosniak Cultural Community can provide that to you… That’s why you have to take over that building over there and I am telling you that you will have an opportunity to do it very soon… Don’t expect me to do that,” he stressed.

Zukorlić pointed out that the Bosniak flag meant peace for all citizens of Sandžak – Bosniaks, Serbs and Montenegrins.

He added that attempts to represent Bosniaks as a threat to the state were futile.

“A threat to the state are those who are incapable of running it and we who have been pointing to it all are not a threat. We are not a threat to the state we are not like some doctors who are saying nice things to patients while giving them wrong medications, like some people from here are doing to Belgrade,” Zukorlić stated.

He claims that Serbs every day congratulate and thank him and promise him support regardless of the religious differences.

The mufti said that he was happy that none of 39 religious teachers, who had been fired from schools, was brought to their knees.

Pointing out that it sounded incredible, he said that not a single construction permit for a mosque had been issued in Novi Pazar, from Ottoman Empire until today.