ORTHODOXY AND ISLAM IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV LANDS
ORTHODOXY AND ISLAM IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAV LANDS

Summary/Abstract: Following a very brief overview of Orthodox-Muslim relations the author describes the recent worsening of their mutual perceptions The author presents the views of two Serb authors who predict a confrontational and expansionist stance by Islam and Turkey that can be halted only by an Pan-Orthodox alliance. The mutual ethnic cleansing in Kosovo that ended with only a very tiny Serb minority remaining there under intense pressure suggests that coexistence is impossible. The author follows this by examples of interreligious dialogue in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia by means of international and regional conferences and the organization of interreligious councils. The pro-dialogical ideas of the Orthodox Marko Djuric and Muslim Ismail Bardhi are provided as indicators of a desirable future reconciliation between Orthodox and Muslims. Hope is expressed that the dialogical rather than the confrontational approach will be followed making coexistence productive.

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