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Croatia leader apologises to Bosnia for wartime role

Ivo_JosipovicSARAJEVO, April 14 (Reuters) - Croatian President Ivo Josipovic apologised to Bosnia on Wednesday for Zagreb's wartime role in fuelling bitter ethnic divisions that still plague the country's Croats, Muslims and Serbs.

His address to the Bosnian parliament was the latest of a series of steps by Croatian and Serbian reformist leaders to heal the wounds of the 1990s wars that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia.

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Utica's newest mosque gets facelift

UTICA - The volunteer construction workers rapidly remaking the exterior of a former church into a European-style mosque stopped working two times during their shift Friday along Court Street. Once, they gathered inside the hulking structure to eat lunch - Bosnian soup, salad, cheese pie, meat and dessert. A second time, they gathered at 1 p.m. with several dozen members of Utica's Bosnian community for prayer in a recently renovated worship room.

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International Conference “The Future of Faith in the Age o Globalization”

globalizationThe phenomenon of globalization has unleashed unprecedented forces in the spheres of politics, culture, economics, science and technology, and international relations. First and foremost, the evolution of the nation-state and its institutions as the most dominant dynamic in global politics and economics...

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Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Asset or Obstacle?

Many today see Bosnia and Herzegovina (short: B&H, Bosnia) as a fragile state, problematic in terms of its long political impasse - but one can ask - is it really in such an unfavorable position? The situation on the ground is not even close to that which is being projected. In order to acquaint you with B&H, I shall first provide some background...

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The Diploma in Islamic studies

Diploma-u-isl-naukamaThe Diploma in Islamic Studies is 72-hour special program for those who want to know more about Islam in general and Islam and Islamic culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Program is offered in English and Bosnian languages. All classes are held at the historical premises of the Faculty. Lecturers are mainly from the Faculty of Islamic Studies including Dr. Enes Karić...

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Does Europe judge Karadzic or itself?

He had stolen 14 years of his sentence! Already! Today he is 64 and has already stolen additional few days of his trial. First, his capture was protracted, and now we wait for his trial to begin... The ICTY is very careful to avoid any possible complaint about possibly hurting his "rights"? But, in reality, we all know, his case is like pedestal on which the killed beast is exposed to show to the village that the danger has gone.

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