İSLAMOFOBİK BİR SAVAŞ İÇİNDE BİR LİDER: BOSNA SAVAŞI VE ALİYA İZZETBEGOVİÇ
A LEADER IN THE MDDLE OF AN ISLAMOPHOBIC WAR: BOSNIAN WAR AND ALIJA IZZETBEGOVIC
Author(s): Kerim ÇINAR, Aynur LİMONSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Politics and religion, Studies in violence and power, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Kültür ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı Dijital Baskı Merkezi
Keywords: Otherization; Islamophobia; Alija Izzetbegovic;
Summary/Abstract: Following the collapse of USSR in the 1990’s, in the eye of the West “the communist/red enemy” was replaced by “Islamist/green enemy”. Through the historical process Islam has been one of the constituent element of European identity and during the Bosnian War between 1992-1995 Islam was perceived as the ‘enemy’ and ‘threat’ again. In this perspective the Bosnian muslims with the labels of ‘the other’ and ‘enemy’ -despite the inhuman treatments, massacres and war crimes they faced- many political actors and media through their Islamophobic blindness almost approved these calamities. In this paper, Alija Izzetbegovic’s virtous stance based on his principle “to be a human and to stay human” is to be pictured as an good example of the ideal that Europe seeks “coexistence of differences”.
Journal: Kafkas Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
- Issue Year: 11/2020
- Issue No: Suppl. 1
- Page Range: 306-324
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Turkish
