14 October 2025 / 21. Rabi-Uth-Thani 1447
The World Federation's External Tableegh Department has the opportunity to sponsor a fantastic initiative by a local Shi'a research institute in Kosovo that publishes quarterly e-magazines named Revista "VLERA", which means "VALUE".
This institute located very close to the city centre in Pristina was purchased in July 2016 with the help of The World Federation and is now officially registered as an NGO, called "The International Research Institute Naim Frashëri".
"Naim Frashëri" was an Albanian poet, writer and one of the most prominent patriots of the Albanian national movement for independence from the Ottoman empire. He is widely regarded as Albania's national poet, who has authored 22 books, including a book of poetries on Karbala called "Qerbelaja" published around 1898, containing 25 poems and narrating history from pre-Islamic time till the period of our Aimmah (as).
The Revista VLERA e-publications cover important religious, social and cultural topics. So far, the magazine has published 32 issues, with the latest one – VLERA 32 issued in October 2020. The PDF version has a greater reach being circulated via email to the local public as well as institutions including libraries, schools, colleges and government officials. It is also shared on social media and is available online for download at http://www.revistavlera.com/libraria/.
The latest edition of the magazine - VLERA 32 for Muharram and Safar highlights the events of Karbala and the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn(as) and his noble companions in the form of articles that are published in the magazine. Apart from these, the magazine covers a wide number of other topics like:
The magazine is also promoted via the institution's Facebook and Instagram page and receives a good amount of feedback as the diversity of the topics covered is appreciated by the people.
Alhamdulillah, our External Tableegh activities in Kosovo not only benefit the people there, but also reach the neighbouring countries that share the same language such as Albania and Macedonia.
It is worth mentioning that The World Federation had printed the first Qur'an in the Albanian language in 1995, through the great efforts of Marhum Mulla Asghar (ra) and Murabbi Al-Hajj Mulla Muhsin Jaffer.
Updated 4 December 2013
Islamic Jurisprudence Classes were organized in Qum at Jameat uz Zahra in the current academic year of 2013-14. Sis Batool Arastu, author of the book Women’s issue made simple, taught the course in 3 sessions. A number of sisters participated in these classes and benefitted from them.
In its series of Ahkam-e Mayyit Workshops, The World Federation India Office in partnership with KSI Jamaat Mumbai conducted the third workshop on 23 February 2014 for gents. The Workshop was well attended by 15 participants.
The workshop aims were to give practical training to the participants on:
• How to handle a Dead Body with Respect
• How to conduct Ghusl, Hunut, Kafan
• How to conduct Namaz-e Mayyit, and Burial
• The rules concerning Post-Burial
No words or phrases can ever give justice to the experience felt in Iran. Each experience, each moment and each second deserves a written biography, while still leaving you in frustration for not explaining it well enough.
