CONTRIBUTION OF HAFIZ ALI KORÇA TO EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL LIFE OF ALBANIA Cover Image

DOPRINOS HAFIZA ALIJA KORÇE OBRAZOVNOM, VJERSKOM I NACIONALNOM ŽIVOTU U ALBANIJI
CONTRIBUTION OF HAFIZ ALI KORÇA TO EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL LIFE OF ALBANIA

Author(s): Azmir Jusufi
Subject(s): Political history, Politics and religion, History of Education, History of Communism, History of Religion, Politics and Identity, Pedagogy
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: Hafiz Ali Korça; Madrasa in Tirana; social revival; upbringing; education; enlightenment; atheism; communism; Bolshevism;

Summary/Abstract: This article will relate about hafiz Ali Korça a renowned figure amongst the Albanians, who made a significant contribution in the fields of education, learning, religion and national identity of Albania. The article discusses his life and works in general, presenting a short biography including his birth, origin and professional engagements. The article also mentions this ‘alim’s role in raising the national as well as religious awareness amongst the Albanians. The author here particularly stresses Ali Korça’s role in opening regular schools and madrasa in Tirana, in reforms of the teaching plan and programme in this madrasa and enlightenment of Albanians in general. The article also discusses atheism, communism and Bolshevism which had started to spread amongst the Albanians in his time.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 86
  • Page Range: 49-53
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Bosnian