ORGANIZED QURBANI SACRIFICE FOR THE NEEDS OF MADRASAS OF THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Cover Image

AKCIJA KURBANA U MEDRESAMA ISLAMSKE ZAJEDNICE U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
ORGANIZED QURBANI SACRIFICE FOR THE NEEDS OF MADRASAS OF THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Ahmed Hatunić
Subject(s): Islam studies, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, Qur’anic studies
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: Qurbani; E’id al Adha; tradition; sacrifice; Islamic Community; madrasa; Islamic gymnazium; organized qurbani sacrifice; qurbani meat; the skins of the qurbani;

Summary/Abstract: This article thematizes the organized Qurbani sacrifice for the needs of madrasas of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina which dates back to the year 1961 when this activity was organised in Gazi Husrev-bey’s Madrasa in Sarajevo. It offers a brief review of sources that present Sharia-legal foundation of this activity along with the definition and the explanation of the phenomenon of Qurbani sacrifice. The article also presents a categorization of this religious obligation, its value, and a review of the history of organized Qurbani sacrifice in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It gives answers to the following questions: How this activity is organized in the madrasas of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina? And: What are its future prospects?

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 94
  • Page Range: 51-57
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bosnian
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