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Selim Muça
TitleGrand Mufti
Personal life
Born(1936-02-01)1 February 1936
Albania
Died18 September 2016(2016-09-18) (aged 80)
Tirana, Albania
NationalityAlbanian
Signature
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Muslim leader
PostHead of the Muslim Community of Albania
Period in office2004–2014
PredecessorHafiz Sabri Koçi
SuccessorSkënder Bruçaj
Muça (left - white turban on the head) with Baba Edmond Brahimaj in the Tirana Synagogue

Haxhi Selim Muça (1 February 1936 – 18 September 2016) was an Albanian Muslim cleric who served as the Grand Mufti of Albania from 2004 to 2014.

Biography

Selim Muça was born on 1 February 1936. He was also the head of the Sunni Muslim Community of Albania. His predecessor was Shaikh Hafiz Sabri Koçi, and his successor was Skënder Bruçaj.

Muca died in Tirana on 18 September 2016, at the age of 80.

References

  1. Luela Myftari: Ikën Selim Muça, Skënder Bruçaj zgjidhet kryetar i myslimanëve Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Shekulli, 9. März 2014; retrieved, 3 August 2014)
  2. "Ndërron jetë në moshën 80 vjeçare Kryetari i Nderit të KMSH-së, Haxhi Selim Muça". KMSH. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2023.


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