The primary objective of the following Declaration is to classify the importance of the use of historic term Bosniak in light of the recent announcement of the 2013 Census in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Read more: Declaration of Bosniaks in North America regarding BIH census 2013
Religion is one of the factors that ma
ke up personal and group identities. The question is how can religious identity be saved from being misused to legitimize immoral and inhumane behavior, and be used instead to motivate people to strive for peace, justice, and tolerance in everyday life situations.
Read more: How Religious Leaders Can Come Together to Work on Global Problems
Your Eminence,
On behalf of the Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington DC (ACBH), a non-governmental, non-partisan organization that advocates on behalf of Bosnian Americans and a united, multiethnic and democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina, we would like to congratulate you on your newly elected position as the Reis-ul-ulema.
In his book “Notes from prison, 1983–1988,”Alija Izetbegović pondered how “Realists object that what we say or think...
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America (IABNA) mourns the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other...
"We are deeply moved by this gesture of good will on your part that reflects the most noble values and ideals of Islam that you yourself embody" said Oded Wiener, Director General of the Israeli Rabbinate as he received the world famous "Sarajevo Haggadah of Passover" from Mustafa Ceric, the Grand Mufti of Bosnia Herzegovina, at the opening ceremony of the Community of St. Egidio's 25th annual meeting of world religious leaders currently taking place in Sarajevo. Reciprocally, Mr. Wiener presented Dr. Ceric with a silver-embossed picture of Jerusalem as "a small token of respect for you and your Muslim heritage from Jerusalem."
Read more: Grand Mufti of Bosnia hands precious Sarajevo Haggadah to Israel's Chief Rabbinate
Windsor, ON – Today Brian Masse M.P. honoured the more than 8000 victims of the Srebrenica Genocide that took place in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995.
"This anniversary raises awareness of the tragic suffering of the people of Bosnia and honours and remembers those who were killed as a result of the policies of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995," Masse stated.
Read more: MASSE REMEMBERS SREBRENICA ON THE 17th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE
I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean to stand here in solidarity with you as you remember your loved ones who were massacred and to recall another ugly chapter of man’s inhumanity to man.
Although the devastating pain of this crime belongs uniquely to the people of Srebrenica and all of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and most particularly to the family members of its victims— you are not alone.
Read more: Commemoration Address of Rabbi Arthur Schneier on the occasion of July 11th
As the Srebrenica Memorial Day anniversary on the 11th of July approaches its 17th year, we are once again reminded of the lengths that man could potentially go to when immersed in a state of fear, hatred and division.
Read more: The Cordoba Foundation: Srebrenica Memorial Friday Sermon
On thursday, 10 May 2012, ECRL concluded its annual council meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, issuing the Sarajevo Declaration: Ten years of living together in diversity and harmony which also reflects the meeting's main theme. The council shared in eight points its vision of the wholesome society in which the diversity of people are able to live and flourish together. 