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DIJAGLOG UZA SVIJEST O RAZLIKAMA U MISLI I PRAKSI DR. AHMEDA SMAJLOVIĆA
THE DIALOGUE ACCOMPANIED BY AWARENESS OF DIFFERENCES

Author(s): Mato Zovkić
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Higher Education , History of Education, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: Ahmed Smajlović; Dialogue; Islamic Faculty of Sciences in Sarajevo; Islam studies; Religious dialogue between Islam and Christianity;

Summary/Abstract: On the occasion of twentieth anniversary of passing away of Dr. Ahmed Smajlovic (1938-1988), who was a theologian, publicist, leader of Islamic community in Bosnia-Herzegovina and who essentially contributed towards the foundation of the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Sarajevo 1977, this author explores his theoretical and practical engagement in dialogue between Muslims and Christians of Yugoslavia and all over the world as well as with followers of other faiths and convictions. His conclusion that A. S. was a promoter of dialogue accompanied by an awareness of differences the author has based on an interview of A. S. to Mladi teolog 1983, 1, 15-28 (the periodical of students of Vrhbosanska katolicka teologija in Sarajevo), as well as on articles of A. S. published in Preporod, Islamska misao and on speeches at the inauguration ceremony of the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Sarajevo 1977 published in Glasnik vrhovnog islamskog starjesinstva 1977, no. 5.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 121-135
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian