The time when the extended family distanced themselves from Fatmir Sheholli and his father for "national treason"

A newspaper article "The farmer", published on March 15, 1991, shows that 44 Sheholli families from Podujevo and the surrounding area had publicly distanced themselves from Maliq Sheholli and his son Fatmir, who were accused of collaborating with the Serbian government of the time.

Today, October 9, 2025, Fatmir Sheholli was arrested by the Kosovo Police on suspicion of espionage.

"Because our distancing from Maliq Sheholli and his son Fatmir, made in 1990, published in the religious magazine 'Dituria Islame', is less well known to the public, we find it necessary to inform the Albanian-speaking public, everywhere in the world, that the extended Sheholli family (44 heads of household) always distances itself from the actions of these two: Maliq and Fatmir," the text published in the newspaper states.

The article further emphasized that, according to the statement, Maliqi and Fatmir "have been put at the service of the Serbian occupier and thus have committed the most evil human act: national treason."

"Regardless of their renegade actions, our all-people's movement will achieve national liberation. The stain of betrayal can never be removed from the renegades," the letter, which was sent to the editorial office of "Bujku", read at the end.

The signatories of this statement were dozens of members of the Sheholli family from Podujevo, including names such as Sahit, Bajram, Brahim, Hamit, Selman, Rrahman, Ismail, Fehmi, Rifat, Ramush, Faik, Gani, Agim and others.