This paper examines the Hanafi scholars’ approach to the alluded meaning (isharat al-nass) of a legislative text, and the implications of such an approach for the legal norms the Hanafis derived through ijtihad. The first part of the paper discusses the issue of possible textual indications (al-dalalat) within a legislative text, and then the conce...

By ŠUKRIJA RAMIĆ

The research examinesthe subjects of guardianship of a minor’s property in the Sharia Law and the Family Law of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main purpose of the study is to determine the extent to which the normative solutions regarding the subjects of guardianship of a minor are convergant or divergant in the two legal systems. Af...

By NEDIM BEGOVIĆ

The main objective of the present paper is to point to the distinctiveness of the tolerant Bosnian legal climate in which for centuries different legal solutions originating from different legal systems have been provided. Thus, in Bosnia and Herzegovina one might encounter equal private law institutes relying simultaneously on Roman-Germanic legal...

By AJDIN HUSEINSPAHIĆ

December 2016 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of one of the most eminent Bosnian alims ofthe twentieth century, Mehmed effendi Handžić. With respect to the fact that he has been the subject of interest in many works and studies, this paper aims at pointing to one segment of his life, unexplored so far. Namely, when discussing Mehmed effend...

By HALIL MEHTIĆ

According to the Qur’an and Hadith the Prophet of Allah, Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the most exceptional slave and Prophet of Allah, and his family presents the most exceptional family. Its value is being indicated directly and indirectly by the Qur’an verses as well as by the hadith of the Prophet of Allah, may Allah send blessings and peace ...

By MENSUR VALJEVAC, MINA VALJEVAC

Since the time of the Last Revelation the first Muslims dedicated much attention to the correct recitation of the Qur’an. The Prophet of Allah, Muhammad, peace be upon him, personally used to send the Qur’an reciters to some provinces with the task to teach others the correct recitation of the Qur’an. With respect to this, tajweed is a scientific d...

By SAFET HUSEJNOVIĆ

Cognitive style refers to a special, relatively consistent and stable manner in which one perceives the environment, interacts with it, masters learning, creates concepts, thinks and eventually makes decisions. In the current paper we use the model by Keen (1973) and Botkin (1974), according to which there are two main styles: systematic (deep appr...

By ANELA HASANAGIĆ, YUSRA OZCAN

Play is not only an enjoyable activity with which a child fills his/her free time, but it presents a very imprtant factor in promoting the psychological development of children. Playing, children learn about the world in which they live as well as about their own positon in it. Play encourages the physical, cognitive, socio-emotional and moral deve...

By SENIJA TAHIROVIĆ

The subject of interest in this paper is derived from the domain of the psychology of creativity. The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between the degree of verbal creativity and school achievement of young school-age students, so that on the basis of the obtained results we might provide some guidelines as well as attempt...

By EMINA TALIĆ-HAKANOVIĆ

No matter how insufficient it is to fully respect and accept others in accordance with one’s own system of references, tolerance is seen as a universal norm for existence and one of the main modes of human sociability. It is not the product of only one culture or a characteristic of only one, such as modern, epoch. Tolerance presents, mutatis mutan...

By NUSRET ISANOVIĆ

Classical Arabic philologists analyzed alif more than any other letter. In their works alif was analyzed in the context of its original function, as a sign for consonant hamza, but also as a long vowel sign, which lead to numerous studies and discussions. Given the fact that most of them focused on the analysis of alif as a sign for consonant hamza...

By MEJRA SOFTIĆ

Globalization is defined according to the context in which it is analyzed, while globalism might be identified with the ideology promoting globalization. Globalization cannot be properly analyzed since as a complex process it has not been completed yet. It might be very diverse, and is reflected mainly in the domains of economy, politics, culture a...

By MEHMED KICO

The purpose of the current paper was to investigate in detail Alija Nametak’s (1906–1987) national orientation expressed in his literary works, and to analyze the circumstances leading to such an orientation as well as its reflection on Nametak’s attitude toward language, particularly with regard to his nomination of language and attitude toward la...

By AMINA PEHLIĆ

This paper is devoted to the process of translation and some of its aspects, such as the key factors involved in the process as well as its different dimensions and perspectives. When translating, the preference is usually given to only one of the factors involved in the translation process, which eventually determines the mode of translation as we...

By AMRUDIN HAJRIĆ

The official penetration of some elements of Romanticism in Bosniak literature happened during the eighties of the 19th century, following the Austro- Hungarian occupation and the period of so-called deaf era in Bosniak literary creation. However, it would be wrong to conclude that the contribution of Bosniak tradition to the corpus of oral literat...

By IBNEL RAMIĆ