This the trip Kaleem Sb is taking with Dr. Saniyasnain Khan and Haroon Sheikh.
In the words of Kaleem Sb, here are the highlights of the trip.
• We just arrived in Belgrade. We are in a masjid. The tall hefty guy is our contact. He will be with us throughout our East European trip.
• Our meeting with grand mufti of Belgrade ancient mosque built by Ottoman Empire. There were 285 mosques in Belgrade. We are told that all are destroyed after 1st & 2nd world war some this one mosque in city is saved in ruins.
• A suburban masjid about 50 km away from Belgrade. The places name is hard to pronounce. See the pictures below.
• We are in the town Novi Pazar, a town in high mountains in Serbia. “Novi Pazar” is a Turkish/Persian word meaning The New Bazaar or New Market. It’s Muslim majority town less than 300 km away from capital Belgrade with a population around 100,000 of which 80,000 Muslims. We arrived here last night and today we will visit. Formerly it was orthodox Christian town. Ottomans conquered this town in 15th century and developed it. It’s a city of mosques. Below are the some of the video clips while we were driving up.
• We met a Parner Dawah who is a chief of an educational institution. With his association we will establish a Quran distribution center for the whole of Balkan and East European countries in the first phase and in second phase for Western Europe and Baltic countries, insha Allah.
• On the way from Novo Pazar Serbia to Sarajevo Bosnia we stopped at town which had mosque. The name of this town is Novo Varos in Serbia.
• We have now arrived in Zagreb, Croatia from Sarajevo, Bosnia after driving for 5 hours. We came to this central masjid for Friday prayers and meet with imam and another person.
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