Sulejman Rexhepi
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Sulejman Rexhepi | |
|---|---|
| Title | Reis-ul-ulema |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Nationality | Macedonian |
| Children | 1 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Head of the Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia |
| Period in office | 2006–2020 |
| Successor | Shaqir Fetahu |
Sulejman Rexhepi (Macedonian: Сулејман Реџепи; born 1947) is the former leader of the Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia.
Sulejman Rexhepi was born in 1947 in the village of Gorno Svilare, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He completed his primary education in the village and had secondary theological education in Pristina's madrasa "Alauddin". Rexhepi graduated from Kuwait University, specializing in law and sharia.[1] The Isa Beu madrasa and Faculty of Islamic Studies in Skopje were co-founded by him.[2] Rexhepi was a dean of the faculty.[3] He became the leader (Reis-ul-ulema) of the Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia in 2006 and was re-elected several times after.[3][4] A power struggle emerged between him and Skender Buzaku over the leadership of the Islamic Religious Community in 2019, with the latter self-proclaiming himself as head of the community. The Skopje Basic Court ruled in Buzaku's favor on 17 April but the decision was revoked by the Appellate Court.[5][6] The Islamic Religious Community removed him from his position in 2020 and Shaqir Fetahu succeeded him.[7]
