Hafez, researcher, lecturer and minister of religious life, with a journey built on knowledge, dedication and responsibility to the community.
A life related to learning the Qur'an, education, scientific activity and institutional service.
Commitment to knowledge, service and community.
1971 — 1987
Selver Xhemaili was born on March 12, 1971 in the village of Vicë in Tetova. He started his primary education in his hometown and finished it at the "Istikball" school in Tetova, with the constant support of his family.
In 1985, he started memorizing the Noble Qur'an and completed it within eighteen months. During the Ramadan of 1987, he served in Zenica, Bosnia, where he recited mukabele by heart in front of the congregation.
1987 — 1997
In 1987, he enrolled in the "Isa Bey" Madrasah in Skopje. During the four years of schooling, he was part of the Madrasa choir and represented the institution in the Koranic hifzi competitions in Zagreb.
After graduating in 1991, he began his theological studies in Sarajevo. The war in Bosnia interrupted that stage, so in 1992 he continued his studies at "19 May" University in Samsun, Turkey, where he graduated in 1997.
1997 — 2023
After graduation, he started serving as an imam in Vica. Then he worked as a preacher in the Drenovec neighborhood of Tetova and for twenty years he also held the office of imam there.
From June 2016 to November 8, 2023, he headed the diaspora sector at the Islamic Religious Community in the Republic of North Macedonia.
2010 — 2022
In 2010, he defended his master's thesis on the role of Ottoman legislation in Macedonia during the XV-XVII centuries. On March 24, 2014, he completed his doctorate with a study on the same field during the XVIII-XIX centuries, while in 2015 he received the title of docent.
From 2014 to 2022, he taught the History of Religions, Islamic Civilization, Islamic Art and Ottoman Language subjects at the University of Tetova.
2023 — TODAY
On November 8, 2023, he was appointed acting Muftiny of Tetova. On February 12, 2025, the Mufti of Muftiny of Tetova was elected, continuing his commitment to the service of the religious and institutional life of the region.
He has participated in congresses, tribunes and scientific panels in the country, in the region and in the Albanian centers of the European diaspora.
In addition to Albanian, he speaks Turkish, Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian. He is an official translator from Turkish and Macedonian to Albanian and vice versa. He is married and the father of four children.
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا
