Prominent Quranic Figure in Balkans Passes Away

BELGRADE (IQNA) – Bayram Ayati, a renowned Quran expert in the Balkans passed away on Wednesday.

The Quranic figure died after a long illness.

Ayati was a faculty member of the Islamic Studies College in Novi Pazar, southwestern Serbia.

He trained many memorizers of the Holy Quran over the years.

Bayram was a son of late afiq Ayati, known as one of the best Quran teachers in the Balkans.

According to 2022 census, there were about 280,000 Muslims in Serbia, making up 4.2% of total population.

Largest concentration of Muslims in Serbia could be found in the municipalities of Novi Pazar, Tutin, Sjenica and Prijepolje in the Sandžak region, and in the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac in the Preševo Valley.

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