HISTORIC STUDY OF THE ORIGIN OF SECTS AND SCHISM IN ISLAM
After the Prophets death, Muslims kept their community compact until the period of Ebu Bekr and Omer. After the assassination of khalif Osman, confrontations and bloodsheds started among Muslims. The unhappy events undermined the strong khalif authority and Islam and Muslims faced a serious situation and temptation. Different opinions about the iss...
By Amel Sarajlić
THE BIRTH OF THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY AND ITS MEDIEVAL EMBODIMENT
Our postmodern era is characterized by the ending of a University and disappearance of the idea of higher education. The awareness of the ending of a University should contain a clear image of its beginning. But that is not the case. Even after so much time, there are still opacities regarding the origin, forming and growth of the idea of a Univers...
By Nusret Isanović
The feeling of guilt and remorse among those who planned and committed genocide
During WWII the German fascists committed genocide against the non-Germanic peoples, especially the Jews. Many innocent people were expelled from their homes, physically and psychologically tortured, and a great number of them were hanged or burned alive. During the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina a far more atrocious genocide was committed ag...
By Ismet Dizdarević
CORPUS-BASED STUDY OF THE MODAL VERBS IN THE SPOKEN AND ACADEMIC GENRES OF THE CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ENGLISH
This corpus-based study focuses on the nine English central modal verbs (can, could, will, would, may, might, shall, should, and must) across the two chosen genres of the COCA corpus – Spoken and Academic genres, which show the greatest number of differences in terms of genre characteristics, such as formality or intended audience. Because research...
By Edina Rizvić-Eminović, Đelaludina Šukalić
Second language vocabulary acquisition for young learners
An increasing number of children around the world, including Bosnian children, are being educated in a second language (L2). This L2 learning in primary school settings raises interesting questions about developing L2 vocabulary. Investigating the nature of vocabulary knowledge in these L2 children is important particularly as they face the signifi...
By Larisa Đapo
Main characteristics of Ahl-sunna methodology of the study of aquida themes
Ehli-sunni methodology of aquida themes is distinguished by certain characteristics which made this method most proper and closest to the truth. Crucial characteristics are: • Unity of source, • Being founded only on evidence from Qur’an and Sunna, • Avoiding discussion and disputes about religion, • Agreement on aquida questions and, • Central met...
By Zuhdija Adilović
THE QUR’ANIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF EL-KALB IN GENERATING SOCIAL (IN)COHESION
Since humans are essentially social beings a stimulating social environment is crucial for human development. On the other hand, anything that promotes social distance, conflict, or facilitates social disintegration can be treated as a disruptive variable in the context of overall human development. The events the 21st century civilization witnesse...
By Muamer Neimarlija
COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET, S. A. W. S.
This paper deals with companions - comrades and contemporaries of Allah’s Prophet, s.a.w.s. The aim of the paper is to draw attention to the importance of knowing companions, both in relation to hadith terminology, and to entire Islamic thought. They were the ones who first believed and carried the burden of Islamic mission in its most difficult ti...
By Esmir Halilović
Versified tarihs on sacral objects of Bosnians
This paper presents interpretative systematization of inscriptions, known as tarih, on sacral objects of Bosnians. This is my humble contribution to the study of traditional literary values and their analysis related to the religious convictions they originate from. Beside thematic classification, we talk about messages and morals of tarihs, their ...
By Muris Bajramović
FREE TIME OF THE CHILDREN IN LOWER GRADES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The goal of this research paper is examining the extent end way of spending free time of lower classes primary students, as well as to define the attitudes of teacher and parents towards students’ free time. This research had been done in Osnovna škola KŠC ¨Sveti Pavao¨ Zenica and Osnovna škola ¨Meša Selimović¨ Zenica in two fourth-grade classes ea...
By Refik Čatić, Ana Pavlović