The Role and Status of Women in the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Role and Status of Women in the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: Under its constitution, the official Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina (henceforth the ICBiH) is autonomous in determining its activities and managing its property. It is guaranteed this right, as are the other religious communities and churches in Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the 2004 Law on Freedom of Religion and the Legal Status of the Churches and Religious Communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Under its constitution the ICBiH’s goal is to encourage all its members to live in accordance with Islamic norms, which it pursues by promoting good and discouraging evil. It is concerned with the Islamic upbringing and education of its members and committed to preserving Islamic marital, familial, and social values through an equal commitment by men and women. Under Article 1 of the current Constitution of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina (henceforth the constitution), the ICBiH is the sole and unique community of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sanjak, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia, and of Muslim Bosniaks outside their respective homelands and other Muslims who accept it as their own. The constitution cites four basic principles for the organisation of the Muslim community, its institutions, organs, and activities, namely: the Qur’an, practice/the sunnah of Muhammed, a.s., Bosniak Islamic tradition, and the requirements of the time.

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