Architecture as a space-enriching thought of islam
Together with calligraphy and arabesque architecture is considered the most authentic artistic form of Islam. It takes the central place in the hierarchy of its art. Islamic architecture as a special art of constructing and organizing area in a particular way conveys the spirit of “new” religion. It represents the development and numerous complexit...
By Nusret Isanović
Catalogues – means of accessing islamic manuscripts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Islamic manuscript books had an over-eminent role in the spreading of literacy and dissemination of knowledge of Islamic provenance in Bosnia and Herzegovina not only among ulemah circles but rather among ordinary people in general. Those facts are proved by several thousands of such books which are preserved in national and foreign collections, mo...
By Enes Kujundžić
Ahl-sunna methodology of the study of aquida issues
Ahl-sunna has a specific and recognizable method as well as rules it applies to studying shariah issues in general, and especially to aquida themes that distinguish it from various sects and factions. However, today the method and rules that were clear to the members of ahl-sunna through generations are almost unknown. For that reason some of the r...
By Zuhdija Adilović
Examining moral values of primary-school youth
The theme of this paper is examining morals in the context of religion and we start out of the standpoint of their mutual dependency. It is a research paper and its primary goal is to examine to what extent the studying of religious teaching affects the defining of moral values. Considering the fact that research results could easily deviate from ...
By Izet Pehlić, Amir Šarić
The first islamic educational survey (1910-1911)
The Islamic educational poll (expert board) had the task of studying and offering solutions to a number of religious-educational and general educational questions in the field of elementary education, of which some had been ‘inviolable’ for centuries – such as secular education of female Muslim children, considering that strong opposition from pare...
By Bilal Hasanović
Expanted understanding of method in islamic education
The text discuses the notion of method in Islamic education.It offers broader understanding of the method based on the existence of implicational relation between decisions regarding method and content in the education. Scientific intervention in the area of content is represented through two complemental approaches. The first is from the position ...
By Edina Vejo
Our school on the threshold of change
Our educational system has broken away from the socialist doctrine of upbringing, but it hasn’t been consistent in adoption of new ideas, nor has it integrated itself, in an organised manner into the European developments, which are geared towards learning for the 21st century. The dominant dimension of social development is global education as a g...
By Dževdeta Ajanović
Terminological obscurity in the field of planning and preparation of the educational process
This work analyses the basic concepts in the field of planning and the development of an educational program. The term curriculum has been avoided in our educational public, or it had multiple interpretations that were not only characteristic for our pedagogical theory and practice but also for a significant number of other countries. Its numerous...
By Izet Pehlić
Mus’ab b. ‘Umejr, r.a. – the first ambassador of da’wa in islam
Mus’ab b. ‘Umejr, r.a. was one of the most diligent students of Allah’s Prophet, Muhammed s.a.w.s. He embraced Islam in his early years and wove into it all of his physical and spiritual strength. Even though his parents had mistreated him because of his devotion to Islam, by depriving him of food, drink and clothing, he remained steadfast on his p...
By Šefik Kurdić
The lingusitic achievement of professor dr. Teufik Muftic (1918-2003)
The passing of Dr. Teufik Muftic is an irretrievable loss, considering that he was the author of very valuable scholarly works in the field of study and understanding of Arabic. His prolific scholarly works are important for many fields, especially in the field of textbooks for the study of Arabic, writing of research works in Arabic and the gramma...
By Mehmed Kico