Држава у сенци џамије- политички систем Исламске Републике Иран –

Author(s): Dušan Vučićević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 4/2008

In this text author presented a unique character of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The author explained constitutional “arrangement” of Iran starting from the notion of sovereignty in the way that it is comprehended in Islamic legal and political theory, political doctrine of Shiism and the concept of Velayat- e- Faqih (the Rule of Islamic Jurist) by Imam Khomeini. Through an analysis of constitutional status and functioning of seven key institutions, the author tried to comprehend and explain institutional complicity that is characteristic of Iranian political system.

Неколико примјера покатоличавања становништва из средњовјековне Босне

Author(s): Đuro Tošić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 27/2006

Два пописа Земунске нахије из 1578/9. и 1588-1596. године

Author(s): Dragana Amedoski / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 27/2006

Обнављање рудника Нови Безистан у Трепчи 1664. године

Author(s): Srđan Katić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 27/2006

Бујурулдија Мухамед Салих Веџихи - паше

Author(s): Ljijana Čolić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 27/2006

Исламски Heartland

Author(s): Milomir Stepić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2017

After the West and the USA reached the peak in global hegemony in relatively short time during unipolar period, there was a decline in their relative power. The emerging of new powers and their global ambitions require a reconsideration of the theoretical and conceptual as well as practical geopolitical paradigms. In that context, the importance of Eurasia did become even more significant, however, today „main geopolitical prize“ is the whole world. Accordingly, the central region or „Pivot area“ has shifted outside the Eurasian continental interior, while the Heartland-Rimland model has still been used, but in changed territorial, civilizational and geopolitical coordinates. Since the geopolitical capacity of the „awakened Islam“ has increased, the space of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia is becoming a new global geopolitical center – the Islamic Heartland. This region occupies huge territory, it has a demographic potential as well as potential in energy resources, several important civilization centers and key geostrategic points are under its control and expansive mass migration and movements of fanaticized warriors (jihadists, terrorists) set off form there. Islamic Heartland is considered by the „rest of the world“, especially from the great powers (US, China, Russia, India, EU) as a threat. Although being strongly opposed to each other, a common interest to encircle and „contain“ it, will bring them together in a geopolitical block – the Global Rimland. The region within the Global Rimland, that is most threatened by the expansion of the Islamic Heartland is the Balkans.

Пет писама карловачког митрополита Вићентија Поповића из 1719. године

Author(s): Isidora Točanac Radović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 24/2005

У Даљу се (26. октобра) 6. новембра 1718. године састао Народноцрквени сабор Карловачке митрополије, на ком је расправљано о последицама које је недавно завршени аустријско-турски рат имао на српско становништво у Хабзбуршкој монархији. Највећи број жалби изнетих на Сабору односио се на прекомерно повећане дажбине и радне обавезе, наметнут бесплатан подвоз и уконачавање војске, као и на злоупотребе које су чинили царски официри. По- сланици су одлучили да се све пристигле жалбе обједине у заједнич- ки саборски меморијал, који је преко царског комесара, заповедника Славоније, генерала Бекера, упућен цару Карлу VI. Сабор је молио цара да олакша српском становништву теготе, муке и терете.

Правни поглед на узајамне санкције православне цркве и државних власти непосредно након покушаја ратификације конкордата Краљевине Југославије и Свете Столице у лето 1937. године

Author(s): Dušan S. Rakitić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2017

The paper contains an analysis of sanctions implemented in the course of the confrontation between the public authorities and the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the immediate aftermath of the attempted ratification of the concordat between the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Holy See in the summer of 1937. The aim of the paper is to deepen the understanding of the model of cooperative separation of church and state, which had been introduced in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1933 and was therefore in its formative phase in the period subject to analysis. Analysis of the period of the most intense confrontation between state authorities and the Serbian Orthodox Church shows, first, that church autonomy is limited not only by virtue of law, but also by the nature of the church as spiritual organization; the Serbian Orthodox Church obviously did not consider the state of confrontation as normal or tolerable over a longer period of time. Secondly, public authorities in a secular representative democracy cannot afford an open and intense confrontation with a church or religious organization whose believers form the majority of citizens. Thirdly, the model of cooperative separation requires careful delineation between the realms of religious freedom and freedom of conscience on one hand and party politics on the other. Legislation may serve only as one of the instruments for such delineation. Finally, it is surprising to see that even lower level public authorities enforced sanctions against the Serbian Orthodox Church, its bishops and clerics, in an orderly manner, despite the influence and authority enjoyed by that church in the society which had left the model of state church less than a decade before the subject events.

Британски вицеконзул Бекер о положају Јевреја и Муслимана у Нишу 1879. године

Author(s): Aleksandar P. Rastović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 21/2003

У Архиву Србије у оквиру фонда Политичког одељења Министарства иностраних дела налази се драгоцена преписка коју је током септембра и октобра 1879. године британски вицеконзул у Нишу Аугустус Бекер водио са српским властима. Реч је о жалбама енглеског дипломате због, наводно, тешког положаја мањина, а пре свега Јевреја и муслимана у Нишу. Узроке њиховог незавидног статуса приписивао је локалним српским властима, које су непрестано прогониле мањинско становништво. У својим извештајима које је слао британском посланству у Београд и српској влади посебно тешке оптужбе износио је на рачун начелника нишког округа Косте Павловића, кога је кривио да прогони Јевреје и муслимане. Иначе, преписка је у једном тренутку претила да изазове међудржавни скандал тако да су се у цео случај укључили и председник српске владе Јован Ристић и генерални конзул Велике Британије у Београду Гулд, који је скренуо пажњу свом потчињеном службенику да нема право да се меша у послове који не спадају у његову надлежност (Бекер је био трговачки вицеконзул, напом. аутора).

Výzkum al-Káidy nikdy nebyl snazší.

Author(s): Petr Zelinka / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2015

There has never been so much primary data on al-Qa'ida publicly available. Nevertheless primary data are still not used enough, despite the fact that their omission had a clearly detrimental effect on the quality of research on al-Qa'ida. The article's goal is twofold: to lay out an overview of the publicly available sources of primary data on al-Qa'ida and by highlighting interesting aspects of their content to demonstrate their usefulness for the research in general. The article deals particularly with outputs of public institutions, al-Qa'ida's members' publications, al-Qa'ida's members' communication that has been made public and leaked classified information. The topic how to use the sources of primary data will be discussed briefly. The article aims at encouraging the academic and expert community to use primary data more broadly when researching al-Qa'ida.

Typologia grup interesu artykułujących postulaty Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce

Author(s): Krzysztof Kowalczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

The aim of the article is to classify interest groups divide the postulates of the Catholic Church in Poland. Accordingly, the Church was defined in terms of political science, the forms of the Church’s influence on the political system were defined, the concept of interest groups was defined in relation to the analyzed subject, and then based on specific criteria they were typified. The proposed typology may be the starting point for further research in this field.

Aktuelle Verbreitung Sowie Rechtliche und Politisch-Soziale Situationen, Bedingungen und Probleme der Aleviten, Bektaschi und Anderer Heterodox Beeinflusster Sufi-Orden in Südosteuropa

Author(s): Christoph Giesel / Language(s): German Issue: 15/2017

The Islamic mystic and heterodox groups of the Alevites and Bektashi in Southeast Europe, which are partially characterised by Shiite elements, are idiosyncratic and divergent phenomena that have so far attracted little academic or public attention. They exist in the strongly Sunni environment that characterises Islam in the Balkans and have exerted a partial religious influence on some of the originally Sufi orders that can be found in the region. After the end of Ottoman rule, the Alevites and Bektashi experienced a particularly serious loss of significance and numeric decline. Since the 1990s, modest religious revival processes occurred amongst these groups. These, however, coincided and interacted with dynamic and ambivalent processes of further religious, cultural and socio-political marginalisation and assimilation (and entailed a corresponding loss of knowledge and significance). This paper sketches the contemporary condition of the remaining Alevites and Bektashi in the Southeast European states whilst occasionally mentioning other Sufi orders which are closely related to these groups. It describes and analyses the extraordinarily diverse and complicated legal, political and social situations, conditions and problems which they face in this region.

Redefiniranje islamske tradicije Bošnjaka i islamofobija

Author(s): Emir Džambegović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 2/2017

With the withdrawal of the Ottoman Empire from Bosnia and Herzegovina, history notes an endeavour to redefine the presence of Islam and Muslims in the Bosnian society as a presence of a foreign element. In relation to that, politics, which ranged from limiting the presence of Islam as an element of identity, to its suppression by assimilation, to elimination, in a physical sense as well as a self-concept, were used. That process, which was led during peace and war times, is nowadays defined as Islamophobia. When talking about the way of life under Islam, or rather the modus Vivendi and modus operandi of Islam, it’s been constant in BiH and takes place in complicated social circumstances. Therefore, in this work, we will present the challenges and offer possible solutions for the modern Bosnian society. In that sense, it is important to mention new, neo salafi movements, which intend to redefine the Islamic sanctity. In exploring the Islamic tradition of Bosniaks, especially under the conditions of the Islamophobic discourse which is present in the world, the Islamic Community in BiH plays an important role. But, in order to achieve actual impact in preserving tradition and the balanced path, it is necessary to answer the question: “What is the Islamic tradition of Bosniaks?”. In order to prevent a redefining, it is important to take a stand to Arabic folklore tradition of Islam which aims to present itself as the only authentic, and in that sense the relation towards other and different traditions. Also, it is also to take a stand to the pro-socialist interpretation of the role of religion in society, which aims to redefine religion as an irrelevant social phenomenon which leads to the crumbling of social relations, while trying to establish animosity towards religious freedom as a determining identity factor.

RECEPCIJA FIKHA MUSLIMANSKIH MANJINA I RADA EVROPSKOG VIJEĆA ZA FETVE U NJEMAČKOJ

Author(s): Bilal Hodžić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 68/2016

This article deals with the fiqh of Muslim minorities living within the territory of Germany. European Council for Fatwas and Research (ECFR), working in Europe since 1997, is closely related to the fiqh of Muslim minorities. What are the aspects and main traits of the fiqh of Muslim minorities in Germany, to what extent are the fatwas issued by ECFR acknowledged, how is the Council perceived by the German intellectuals and the media and what is the actual domain of the authority of the Council are only some of the questions that this article attempts to answer. In the year 2016, ECFR formed the commission for fatwas and organised a number of academic forums and seminars with the aim to reconcile differing views concerning some fiqh issues such as the beginning of the month of Ramadan and so on.

FIKH MUSLIMANSKIH MANJINA: Najčešći fikhski problemi sa kojima se susreću muslimani Slovenije

Author(s): Sead Karišik / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 68/2016

The author here discusses the term Muslim minorities as it is presented in the book of Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi titled The fiqh of Muslim minorities – how to be a Muslim in the West? It also presents a list of the most common problems faced by the Muslims who live as a minority on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. The first part of the paper defines the term Muslim minorities and discusses the aspects of the fiqh that deal with various problems of Muslim minorities. It also presents a list of sources and aims of the fiqh concerning the Muslim minorities. The second part of the paper presents the Muslim minority living in the Republic of Slovenia along with some aspects of the most common issues and problems that these Muslims face in their everyday life.

Prikaz

Author(s): Suad Mahmutović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 68/2016

Graham E. Fuller, Svijet bez islama, Izdavač d.o.o. Dobra knjiga, Sarajevo, 2015. naslov originala: A World Without Islam, 2010. Tiraž 1000 primjeraka.

POLJA KRVI

Author(s): Karen Armstrong / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 70/2017

Mnogo je konkurentnih i kontradiktornih formulacija o terorizmu, a ova suvremena pojava i demonstracija globalnog straha je, prema jednom učenjaku, dakle ta riječ, taj pojam i koncept ‘obavijena terminološkom konfuzijom’. K tome, kao i u slučaju religije, ovdje govorimo o jako emotivnim konceptima i pojmovima, a oni se danas najviše zloupotrebljavaju. Upravo zbog toga, te zbog poplave literature, stručnjaka i govora o terorizmu i njegovom često nategnutom vezivanju sa religijom, posebno sa islamom, odlučio sam se prije dvije godine da za naše govorno područje prevedem knjigu britanske historičarke religija Karen Armstrong “Polja krvi: Religija i historija nasilja” koju je objavila sarajevska izdavačka kuća Buybook. U njoj Armstrongova kroz historijski pregled odnosa između religije i nasilja maestralno dokazuje da je terorizam u osnovi i inherentno politički, čak i onda kada su umiješani drugi motivi – religijski, ekonomski ili društveni, te da je uvijek vezan za moć, njeno sticanje ili održavanje. Ona, dakako, ne poriče da je religija često bila uplitana u terorističke zločine, ali uglavnom kao žrtveni jarac savremenog svijeta. Ovdje objavljujemo dijelove zaključnog, 13. poglavlja knjige “Polja krvi” koje sagledava fenomen globalnog džihada, a dotiče se i naše zemlje Bosne i genocida koji je počinjen u dvorištu Evrope na samom izmaku 20. stoljeća.

Analysis and characterization of the security systems of the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic

Author(s): Petr Selinger,Tomasz Wałek / Language(s): English Issue: 22/2015

The publication was devoted to issues of safety systems of Poland and Slovakia. Article aims to discuss and description of the major elements, principles of operation of safety systems and identify the differences and similarities between the various systems. Article summary are the conclusions and observations about prescriptions for common actions in the field to ensure a high level of security.

The church and the making of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Author(s): Wilson E. Ehianu / Language(s): English Issue: XXVIII/2016

For long, the military was a cog in the wheel of democratic governance in Nigeria. Its intrusion into the politics of the nation resulted to its domination of the political space and imposition of arbitrary rule for an aggregate period of 29 years out of the nation’s 47 years of existence. The last disengagement of the military from politics was effected on 29, May 1999. The Fourth Republic was thus inaugurated, heralding yet another phase in the nation’s quest for democratic governance. The restoration of democratic rule was not achieved on a platter of gold. The military junta was subjected to intense domestic and international pressure. Along with myriad civil society groups, the church added its voice to the clamour for democracy. But inspite of its visible role in this struggle, the efforts of the church remain unsung. This study is intended partly as a redress for the marginal attention paid to the patriotic struggle of the church, but more significantly, it is an attempt to illuminate the increasing concern of the church with the secular welfare of its flock.

Pójdźmy gdzie indziej

Author(s): Zbigniew Nosowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 668/2017

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