The aim of this short essay is to present an attempt to redefine conceptual distinction between civic and ethnic nationalism through a Rogers Brubaker’s dissertation, as well as to extend and deepen the publics’ interest in this American author. Brubaker works as a sociology department head at the University of Los Angeles. He has written many book...

By Šaćir Filandra

As a resume to this paper I would like to set forth a critical viewpoint of a distinguished alim and a professor at Behrambey’s medresah in Tuzla, Ibrahim Čokić, who to this Schtadler’s statement replies that: “He (Schtadler, prim. B:H) has before his eyes his main wish and his ideal: to convert Muslims to Christianity. His wish was not fulfilled. ...

By Bilal Hasanović

At the time when Austro – Hungarian authority proclaimed the term Bosnian language official, numerous newspapers and periodicals, published during the period of its rule, insisted on phonetically orthographic principle emphasizing its advantage over etymologically orthographic solutions. In orthographic discussions certain resistance to introducing...

By Hazema Ništović

The theme of this paper is life-long study on sports. It is a research paper and its aim is to examine if there is statistically important difference in examinees’ attitudes regarding the way sport influences life, the reasons for enrolling the Trainer Academy, expectations, education quality and the ways of permanent improving. Another aim of the ...

By Refik Čatić

Sunnan are Hadith collections recognizable by Hadiths classified according to the Shari’ah legal issues. Actually, they represent a fortunate synthesis of Hadith and Shari’ah law, so they have been especially useful for Shari’ah lawyers in making decisions according to legal principles of Shari’ah. These Hadith collections were the characteristic o...

By Šefik Kurdić

The question of the reason for the revelation of the Qur’an (ashab nuzul al-Qur’an) falls into exceptionally important questions in the science of tafseer, considering that the understanding of the reason for the revelation is an important condition for the proper understanding of the Qur’an. Moreover, there are Qur’anic texts which cannot be under...

By Safvet Halilović

In one historical period the Bosniaks linked their literacy to oriental languages, especially Arabic, which they didn’t experience as something that was imposed upon them, but embraced it as the language of Islam and endeavoured to learn Arabic along with the native Bosnian language. Under conditions of strong oriental tradition, the Bosnian langua...

By Hazema Ništović

Intellect occupies a very important place in Islam. Not one of the past revelations directs our attention to intellect, its role and significance in the life of man, as does the Book of Islam. A superficial glance at a Qur’anic text will reveal verses that end with the words: “… so that you would understand.” “…so that you would think.” “…to those ...

By Zuhdija Adilović

The familiarity with the problem of social perception ought to be an integral part of individual work with every individual – without which one cannot except success on the level of an individual who is confronting his/her own self, raising the level of correction, learning from earlier experiences or correcting false beliefs. The ability of adequa...

By Amel Alić

This paper sheds some light on one of the five general principles in sharia: “There is no inflicting of harm or repaying one by inflicting harm”, and the subordinate principles which are subsumed under it. The origin, the point of reference and the meaning of this principle is explained at the beginning with a special mention of the hadith with the...

By Šukrija Ramić