HAS THERE BEEN A LINK TO EGIPT? HOW DID “YUNG MUSLIMS” GET THEIR NAME? Cover Image

DA LI JE POSTOJALA EGIPATSKA VEZA? KAKO JE UDRUŽENJE “MLADI MUSLIMANI” DOBILO IME?
HAS THERE BEEN A LINK TO EGIPT? HOW DID “YUNG MUSLIMS” GET THEIR NAME?

Author(s): Fikret Karačić
Subject(s): Political history, Islam studies, Politics and religion, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: “Yung Muslim”; Mehmed Handžić; Kasim Dobrača; Ilmiyyeh Association; “Eš-šubban-ul-muslimin“;

Summary/Abstract: In the period 1939–1949, the association “Yung Muslims” was active in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, its short history has been studied in three periods: formative, (1939–1943), its activities within the role youth club of the Ilmiyyah Association (1943–1946) and the period in which it was functioning illegally (1946–1949) which ended by repression of the socialist state. The author here analyses the origin of the name of the association and is of the opinion that the association borrowed its name from the Egyptian Association. It is evident from the Arabic title of the Association “Aš-šubban-ul-muslimin”, as well as from the nature and the kind of endeavours of two ‘alims educated in Cairo: Mehmed-efendi Handžić and Kasim-efendi Dobrača. However, no functional links between Egyptian and Bosnian Associations have been established.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 86
  • Page Range: 8-11
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Bosnian