The work on iqtiḍāun-naṣṣ explores the theoretical interpretations of Ḥanafi scholars in relation to the necessarily assumed meaning of the legislative text (iqtiḍāun-naṣṣ) and the consequences of such an interpretation on the regulations to which the Ḥanafis came in their legal reasoning (ijtihād). At the beginning of the paper, the linguistic and...

By Šukrija Ramić

The paper presents sociological views on identity from terminological ambiguity to theoretical and functional openness in accordance with the needs of the individual and the society that is changing and evolving. From an interactionist point of view, identity is formed through communication and action; in the structuralist sense, it represents the ...

By Melisa Zukić

Exploring the attitudes of students and teachers of Islamic religion, this study aimed to determine the characteristics of the implementation of cooperative learning in comparison to traditional teaching in elementary schools. The research was based on the assumption that there are some features of cooperative learning which make it more effective ...

By Hasudin Atanović, Esad Memić

Based on insights from earlier research, it was found that the quality of school life can be a factor in the prevention of peer violence among students, which was the basis for the selection of this research problem. The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of elementary and high school students about the quality of school life and to est...

By Ermin Vučkić, Izet Pehlić

The aim of this research was to establish the relationship between social support and juvenile delinquent behavior after the juvenile delinquents’ assessment of the quality of social support. The research was carried out employing a method of theoretical analysis and a descriptive-analytical survey method. A Social Support Scale (Abbey, Abramis and...

By Jakub Hasić, Izet Pehlić, Suad Orlić

In architecture, human need to be a man is most vividly realized, but his desire for beauty, perfection and universality is projected as well. It encompasses his thoughts about the Supreme, himself and the universe, and expresses “an objective identity of a concept and things”. This paper develops a discourse on architecture as a universal form of ...

By Nusret Isanović

Allah Almighty speaks of three ways of delivering and receiving the Message in 51st verse of the chapter: وَ مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللهُ إِلاَّ وَحْيًا أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولاً فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ. “No human being is given a chance to be addressed by Allah in more than o...

By Mensur Valjevac

For a long time bribe and corruption have complicated social relations throughout the world, and very early the have become a part of Muslim social life. For some scientists the existence of these phenomena was the key reason for the decline of the Ottoman Empire. This paper does not discuss neither the history of bribe and corruption in the Muslim...

By Esmir Halilović

Academic motivation implies an internal process that initiates and maintains activities aimed at reaching certain academic goals. The objective of this research was to explore the psychometric characteristics of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). The sample comprised 157 participants, high school students in the Sarajevo Canton. An item analysis ...

By Anela Hasanagić, Nina Bosankić

Mehmed ef. Handžić, (1906-1944) was a prominent Bosnian scholar with an imposing opus in different fields. The uniqueness of his works lies in the fact that he was the only one, in modern history of Bosnian Muslims, to interpret the Holy Qur’an in Arabic, and to treat the ayats with sharia background (ajatul-ahkam). His important interpretations ar...

By Halil Mehtić