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Grand Mufti of Bosnia hands precious Sarajevo Haggadah to Israel's Chief Rabbinate

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"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."

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MASSE REMEMBERS SREBRENICA ON THE 17th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE

brian-masse-bigWindsor, 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.

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Commemoration Address of Rabbi Arthur Schneier on the occasion of July 11th

ra-as-sreb-2012-1I 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. 

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European Council of Religious Leaders - Religions for Peace issues a Declaration on Living Together in Diversity and Harmony

ecrl-05-2012-mOn 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.

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Everything rises in the East, says Dr Mustafa Ceric

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Therefore, besides tajdeed we think we should think of tasdeeq which means the confirmation and taking what is good for us today or what was good for our predecessors in the old times. There are some things that are good for us. Also because identity means continuity of memory, so we have to have this memory of our past in order to understand our present and build our future.

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Open Letter to the United States Secretary of State

hilari-klinton-enWe feel as it is our duty and your right to know how the so far silent majority of Bosnian people understand their past and perceive their future after their experience of genocide which has not been seen since the most evil of all - Holocaust. By this open letter we would like to draw your attention to the fact that the results of genocide...

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Michael Parenti - Denies genocide

Michael_Parenti3Protest letter on behalf of Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB), representing the interests of Bosnian American and Bosnian Canadian citizens, the Institute for Research Genocide, Canada (IGC), the Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (ACBH), Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI) as well as the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosniak Cultural Association, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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