Stavovi Islamske vjerske zajednice Kraljevine Jugoslavije o političkom angažmanu njenih službenika
THE ATTITUDES OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT OF ITS OFFICIALS

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to show certain solutions how the highest instances of the Islamic Religious Community in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia resolved the issue of political engagement of religious officials during the 1930-ies. The Islamic Community and the media once again highlight the same issues some seventy years later. In the defined timeframe and through archival sources this paper presents the attempts of the Islamic Religious Community in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to respond to issues and needs which were set by the time, and in this specific case this is the freedom of political engagement of religious officials. In the competition for votes the political parties were interested in gaining credibility already enjoyed by the religious communities and churches, as well as their officials. However, the interest of political parties or local political potentates was often detrimental to the Islamic Religious Community and its officials. This required the Islamic Religious Community to protect itself from this issue through its normative acts. That this requirement was realistic, as well as the pressure on the Islamic Religious Community, is shown by the fact that in the period between 1935 and 1938 the highest organs of the Islamic Religious Community, on many occasions, had to normatively sanction this area through their Decisions and Conclusions which are presented in the paper.

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