SERBO-ISLAMIC CONFLICTS IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Cover Image

KONFLIKTY SERBSKO-ISLAMSKIE W OSTATNIM DZIESIĘCIOLECIU XX WIEKU
SERBO-ISLAMIC CONFLICTS IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Author(s): Konrad Świder
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Islam studies, Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: conflict; Serbians; Muslims; Albanians; Bosnia; Kosovo;

Summary/Abstract: In 1990 on the wave of the global collapse of the communist system began the disintegration of Yugoslavia. As its result there was a territorial conflicts among the three largest nations inhabiting the Yugoslavian federation: Serbs, Croats and Muslims (nationality). Soon there was started a conflict between Serbs and Albanians, whose are the fourth most numerous nation of Yugoslavia. This created several conflict fields: in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia – in Sanjak of Novi Pazar. These conflicts were the nature of the struggle for territory, but also the ethnic and religious character. This article presents the conflicts between Serbs – believers of the Orthodox Church and believers of Islam: Muslims – in Bosnia and Sanjak and Albanians from Kosovo. These conflicts have their roots in the difficult history of these nations and in complicated historical processes taking place in this area.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 87-105
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish