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
Verbal values of arabic deverbal nouns
The possibility to be realized verbal functions using some defined verbal nouns is considered to be specific morphological and sintax appearance in arabic language. All deverbal nouns – infinitives, participles, adjectives and noun of preeminence – have, in some different degree, functions like that. The participles are separated as nouns by the mo...
By Mejra Softić
Major periods of borrowing words from other languages in the history of english
This paper presents a short overview of the history of the English language and its expansion through borrowing of words from other languages. The borrowed words are referred to as ‘loanwords’. Unlike any other language, English vocabulary consists of 70% ‘loan words’. The history of English and thus ‘borrowing’ is divided into four periods: Old E...
By Muhamed Pašanbegović
The reasons for the revelaion of the Qur’an (understanding and the possibility of using it for educational purposes)
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
The attitude of ‘Bosniaks’ towards oriental linguistic tradition
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
Neo-racionalistic direction in islamic world and its influence on islamic thought in bosnia and the rest of the world
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 significance of social preception in the building of interpersonal relations in the community
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
The second general sharia – legal principle: there is no inflicting of harm or repaying one by inflicting harm (Lā darere ve lā dirār)
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