Jakup Krasniqi, chairman of the National Council of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and former Assembly Speaker, writes in an opinion piece that everyone in Kosovo, without any exception, should be careful not to have any kind of cooperation with extremists that case a dark shadow on the nation and its future. Krasniqi recalls that in visits to Arab countries, he received suggestions that “you should watch out for extremist groups and countries that support such groups”. Krasniqi writes, “we don’t need religious or state leaders who declare themselves as pro-Western but act as aggressive and intolerant fundamentalists toward those with different opinions. Such people have displayed their intolerance toward the greatest personalities of our nation. Our people need peace and development … We need to start substantial debates for having genuine rule of law, economic development, education and political and economic integration of Albanians”.