Sherif Langu was an Albanian Muslim cleric who served as chairman of the Muslim Community of Albania from 1942 until 1945.
10 Facts About Sherif Langu
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Sherif Langu received his religious schooling from the local town madrasa and was later appointed imam.
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Sherif Langu moved from Bitola to Debar in 1907, and formed a chapter of the Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language there in December 1908.
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Sherif Langu helped organize the Congress of Dibra on July 23,1909.
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Sherif Langu continued to lobby for Albanian-language schooling in the area, and the people of Debar elected him unanimously as their first official teacher of same.
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Sherif Langu left Vlore to organize resistance to the Serbian occupation of the Debar and Elbasan regions.
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Sherif Langu was ushered into Elbasan by his longtime friend Aqif Pasha Elbasani and helped connect the tribes near Debar with the Provisional Government of Albania out of Vlore.
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From 1913 to 1917, Sherif Langu acted as qadi in the parts of the Diber valley under Albanian rule.
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Sherif Langu then resettled in Debar, serving as an imam and occasional qadi there from 1920 to 1938.
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Sherif Langu was released in 1950 and died in 1956.