The Impact of Islam on the Bosnian Problem. The Myth of Harmonious Multiethnicity Revisited
The Impact of Islam on the Bosnian Problem. The Myth of Harmonious Multiethnicity Revisited
Author(s): Srđa TrifkovićSubject(s): Civil Society, Islam studies, Politics and religion, The Ottoman Empire, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ottoman empire; Slavic population; faith conversion; Islam; Islamic Declaration;
Summary/Abstract: Вosnia and Herzegovina was an Ottoman province from the time of the Ottoman conquest in 1463 until the Austrian-Hungarian occupation in 1878. During this period a large segment of the province’s indigenous Slavic population was converted to the faith of their Turkish conquerors, often under duress, thus creating the westernmost outpost of Islam in Europe. In 1918 Bosnia and Herzegovina was incorporated into the newly created Yugoslav state following World War I, and eventually became one of Communist Yugoslavia’s six constituent republics after World War II. [...]
Journal: Politeia - Naučni časopis Fakulteta političkih nauka u Banjoj Luci za društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 2/2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 309-320
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English