Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Islamska zajednica u Bosni i Hercegovini | |
Bosniak diaspora | |
Official language | Bosnian |
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Husein Kavazović | |
Main organ | Parliament (Sabor) |
Website | islamskazajednica |
The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina (
It was established in Sarajevo in 1882, by the Austria-Hungary, to have a controlled Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the Ottoman Empire lost control over Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878.
The current leader is Husein Kavazović.
History
The Islamic Community was established in 1882 during the
The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina was initially weak, but with the help from Alija Izetbegović, Bosnia and Herzegovina's president, as well as key military leaders, it became a pillar of the Bosniak national identity. Under tenure of the Grand Mufti Mustafa Cerić, who held this office from April 1993 until November 2012, the Islamic Community promoted Bosniak culture, politics and identity, with its influence extending beyond the faithful and attracting many who were not practicing Muslims during the socialist period, as well as Bosniaks and other Slavic Muslims living in the region of Sandžak and elsewhere.[3]
Leaders of Bosnian Muslims
Grand Muftis of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1882–1893 Mustafa Hilmi Hadžiomerović (1816–1895)
- 1893–1909 Mehmed Teufik Azabagić (1838–1918)
- 1909–1910 Ahmed Munib Korkut, acting
- 1910–1912 Sulejman Šarac (1850–1927)
- 1912–1914 Mehmed Teufik Okić (1870–1932), acting
- 1914–1930 Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević(1870–1938)
Grand Muftis of Yugoslavia
- 1930–1936 Ibrahim Maglajlić (1861–1936), seat in Belgrade
- 1936–1938 Salih Safvet Bašić (1886–1948), acting
- 1938–1942 Fehim Spaho (1877–1942)
- 1942–1947 Salih Safvet Bašić (1886–1948), acting
- 1947–1957 Ibrahim Fejić (1879–1962)
- 1957–1975 Sulejman Kemura (1908–1975)
- 1975–1987 Naim Hadžiabdić (1918–1987)
- 1987 Ferhat Šeta, acting
- 1987–1989 Husein Mujić (1918–1994)
- 1990–1991 Jakub Selimoski (1946–2013), acting
- 1991–1993 Jakub Selimoski (1946–2013)
Grand Muftis of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- seat is vacant, Jakub Selimoski left Sarajevo in 1993
- 1993–1996 Mustafa Cerić (*1952), acting
- 1996–2012 Mustafa Cerić (*1952)
- 2012–present Husein Kavazović (*1964)
Jurisdiction
The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina and head of the community, Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are highest religious authorities for approximately 4 million
Islamic Community of Montenegro, although not formally under jurisdiction of Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognizes Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the highest religious and moral authority of Muslims in the region.[citation needed]
The highest body of Muslims in Hungary, Hungarian Islamic Council, have expressed willingness to become part of Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina to act as supreme religious authority for Hungarian Muslims.[5]
Media
Beside
See also
References
Notes
- ^ "About". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina". islamskazajednica.ba. islamskazajednica.ba. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ a b ICG & 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Dinastija Jusufspahića". 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Radio Sarajevo". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Tarikatski centar". Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Radio BIR - Tarikatski centar dobio svoje prostorije u Gazi Husrev-begovom vakufu".
- ^ "40. Godina rada Tarikatskog centra u BiH".
- ^ "www.mediacentar.net". www.mediacentar.net (in Bosnian). www.mediacentar.net. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
Sources
- International Crisis Group (26 February 2013). "Bosnia's Dangerous Tango: Islam and Nationalism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.