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CNAB condemns burning of mosque and terrorist attacks against Bosniaks

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CBNA), an umbrella organization representing Bosniaks living in The United States and Canada strongly condemns the today’s attack against Bosniaks’ mosque in Fazlagića Kula near Gacko municipality during the most sacred holiday for Bosniaks, Eid Al-Adha. This is not an isolated incident, as there have been many attacks on refugee returnees, attacks and vandalizing of mosques in RS, and threats to imams.

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Bosnia mosque, French cemetery attacked during Eid

Muslim places were attacked as Muslims celebrated the Eid al-Adha religious holiday on Monday. A mosque in southeastern Bosnia burnt to the ground early on Monday, state television reported. Police said they were investigating the cause of the blaze in Fazlagica Kula, a village near the town of Gacko, which left only the mosque's minaret standing. 

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Bosnia through the history has been a country of unity and tolerance

The Bosniak-American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAACBH) would like to recognize and commemorate Bosnian Statehood Day on November 25, 2008. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has sustained its current borders for centuries, most recently as a republic of Yugoslavia, then as an internationally recognized sovereign state in 1992.

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Zvornik: 88 remains of Srebrenica Bosniaks exhumed

ZVORNIK, November 20 (FENA) - Expert team of the Institute for Missing Persons, Tuzla section from mass graves Kamenica 11 and 12 until now exhumed 50 complete and 883 partial human remains. According to Murat Husic, head of the expert team, these are remains of Srebrenica Bosniaks killed in July 1995. Exhumation from mass grave “Kamenica 11” shall continue while “Kamenica 12” will be closed. According to the number of revealed victims’ remains, these are the largest mass graves recovered in Podrinje.

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Balkan Symposium - Problems and future of Balkan Muslims

Delivering the opening speech, IHH President Bülent Yıldırım said Turkey should strengthen its historical and cultural relations with Muslims in the Balkans again to reassert itself in the region. Yıldırım stated Balkan Muslims have long been neglected and said the symposium aimed to bring up the situation of the Balkans and Balkan Muslims.

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Support of Germany to reconstruction of the Ali-beg Kapetanovic mosque in Vitina

altGerman Ambassador to BiH Joachim Schmidt and member of the Commission for preservation of the national monuments of BiH Amra Hadzimuhamedovic signed the agreement on financing of the project “Reconstruction, restoration and conservation of the mosque of Ali-beg Kapetanovic in Vitina, Ljubuski” in Sarajevo on Tuesday. The contract is worth 96.754,90 KM.

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Head Imam Dr. Agic congratulate US President-Elect Obama

senad_agic_i_barack_obamaI want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on behalf of the Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America ("IABNA") on your election as the 44th President of the United States of America. Over the past 21 months your campaign remained inspirational to millions of people, including Bosnian-Americans living in the United States, and your victory on election night was historic.

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