Embassy’s Diversity Discussions Launched
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As part of its plan to promote and encourage diversity within the Embassy and in its work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Embassy staff attended the first discussion on Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 4 December. The lecture was delivered by Professor Ahmet Alibasic, a lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre for Advance Studies.
The Bosniak-American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAACBH) condemns the acts of violence and vandalism that destroyed the Fazlagica Kula mosque in the Republika Srpska controlled town in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) a few hours before local Muslims were to perform their religious prayer of the Eid al-Adha, the holiest day in the Muslim calendar. Eid al-Adha is the Festival of Sacrifice which commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.
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. 
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.

German 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.
The Bosniak-American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAACBH) condemns any decision inflicted against the democratic principle of consolidation of the rule of law which protects multi-ethnicity and unity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB), on behalf of the North American Bosniaks, asks from BiH Presidency, CoM and Parliamentary Assembly to block the conclusion of the interstate agreement between BiH and Montenegro until the Officials of Montenegro do not officially apologize