Bosnian Muslims
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Austro Hungarian Rule
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Bosnian Church
Bosnian Muslim Community
Bosnian Muslim Elites
Bosnian Muslim Nation
Bosnian Muslims
Bosnian Serbs
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Central Government
community
Croat Medieval Kingdoms
Croatian Lands
elites
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era
ethnic identity formation
Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop
Francim Friedman
indigenous European Muslim communities
Islamic Religious Community
Medieval Religious Practices
nationalism in Balkans
ottoman
Ottoman legacy studies
post-tito
post-Tito Era
post-World War Ii Yugoslavia
religious pluralism research
Selim III
serbs
slav
Slavic Muslim history
slavs
south
South Slav
South Slav Peoples
South Slav State
South Slav Union
state
Vidovdan Constitution
War Ii
Young Men
Yugoslav dissolution analysis
Yugoslav Kingdom
Yugoslav Muslim Organization
Product details
- ISBN 9780813320960
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Mar 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Although their plight now dominates television news worldwide, the Bosnian Muslims were until recently virtually unknown outside of Yugoslavia. Who are these people? Why are they the focus of their former neighbors' rage? What role did they play in Yugoslavia before they became the victims of ethnic cleansing? Why has Bosnia-Hercegovina, once a model of ethnic tolerance and multicultural harmony, suddenly exploded into ethnic violence?Focusing on these questions, Friedman provides a comprehensive study of this national group whose plight has riveted governments, the press, and the public alike. With a name reflecting both their religious and their national identity, the Bosnian Muslims are unique in Europe as indigenous Slavic Muslims. Descendants of schismatic Christians from the Middle Ages, they converted to Islam after the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia.The book follows them as they went from victims of crusades during the Middle Ages to members of the ruling elite within the Ottoman Empire; from rulers back to subjects under Austria-Hungary; and later subjects again, this time under the Serbs in the interwar Yugoslav Kingdom and the Communists after World War II. The Bosnian Muslims have survived through it all, even thriving during certain periods, most notably when they were recognized by Tito as a nation.Meticulously tracing their turbulent history and assessing the issues surrounding Bosnian Muslim nationhood in Yugoslavia, Friedman shows us how the mixed secular and religious identity of the Bosnian Muslims has shaped the conflict in which they are now so tragically embroiled.
Francine Friedman is assistant professor of political science and director of the Office of European Studies at Ball State University.
