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Akademski glas sa margine o epohalnim dilemama koje sudbinski dijelimo

Author(s): Enes Pašalić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 17/2021

The Centre for Culture and Education "Logos" in cooperation with the Institute for Religious and Social Research and the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tuzla organized a scientific conference: "Religion, Politics, Secularism" on the 2nd and 3rd October 2020., with the participation of scientists from Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), Croatia and Serbia. The consideration of the historical connection between religion and politics, through the meaningful understanding of secularization, contextualizes on the margins of the modern era where one can read the meaning and significance of the historical destiny of B&H and its social, religious, confessional, national, and cultural subjects. From eleven contributions from this scientific conference, only one of them (Tadic, Sljivo 2020) explicitly, and three of them implicitly (Krivak 2020, Pešić 2020, Hodžić 2020) contextualize the subject of their studies in the narrow framework of the given theme: "Religion, Politics, Secularism". The other seven contributions, although theoretically and methodologically outside of the (self)referenced, consciousepochal relationship of religion, politics, and secularization, illuminate the aspects of the problems in the question in their own way, and sometimes from a quite unexpected angle

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The Discourse on Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1980-2010

Author(s): Ehlimana Memišević / Language(s): English Issue: 22/2023

This article explores the relationship between Islam, democracy, and human rights in Islamic publications in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 1980 to 2010. During this period two waves of the Islamic revival emerged in the country, as a reaction to an existing threat to Bosnian Muslims’ vital rights and interests, which in turn were presented by Serb nationalist intellectuals as “evidence” of the supposed intent of Bosnian Muslims to create an Islamic state in Europe which “could become the stronghold of the most extreme Islamic fundamentalism”. Based on an analysis of the publications from this period, this article explores the influence of the Islamic revival on the relationship between Islam, democracy and human rights. It shows that most of the publications are written by prominent Muslim intellectuals, who emphasize the compatibility of Islam, democracy and human rights. It also shows that while the different interpretations of Islam that were brought in the second wave of the Islamic revival challenged the local Islamic customs and religious practices, there were no attempts to impose political ideas. There were no demands for the application of the Shari‘ah or the establishment of an Islamic state.

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MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROMINENT MUSLIM SCHOLARS DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM

Author(s): Răzvan Dacian Cârciumaru / Language(s): English Issue: 23/2023

The Golden Age of Islam saw unprecedented advances across diverse fields led by eminent Muslim intellectuals and scientists. This paper examines the seminal contributions of thirteen prominent Muslim scholars from the 8th to 15th centuries CE who played pioneering roles in history, geography, mathematics, astronomy, optics, medicine, engineering, and other domains. Their groundbreaking work formed the foundations of modern disciplines while stimulating further growth of knowledge globally.

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Pious protagonists: Using the screen to expand images of the Muslim faith beyond the dichotomy of “good” and “bad”

Author(s): Tomas Axelson / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

This article analyses how movies have been reproducing pejorative and stereotypical storytelling regarding Muslims and Arabs for more than a century, mainly along a narrowminded dichotomy between “bad” fanatic religious extremists or “good” non-religious secularized Muslims. The article explores alternative storytelling combined with using a model to discuss emotional engagement among moviegoers. The conclusion is that mainstream movie culture is still indebted to stereotypical images of Islam/Muslims. However, things are changing. More nuanced storytelling has been taking place lately, giving room for a broader spectrum of Muslim religious identity positions, including examples of religious wisdom and spiritual integrity, offering the audience imagery beyond the stereotypical “good” and “bad” dichotomy. Looking outside Hollywood and European mainstream films, new voices are being heard, making way for a wider spectrum of views.

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Uvođenje islamske vjeronauke u odgojno-obrazovni sistem RBiH 1992. (status, uslovi, iskustva, kadrovi, kurikulum)

Author(s): Muharem Omerdić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

Islamic religious education was introduced in primary and secondary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the final stages of the decline of communist ideology in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This effort was facilitated by the conscious attitude of farsighted individuals within the Islamic Community. At the time, there were more skeptics than vocal advocates for making Islamic religious education mandatory in all schools in the country. Those who did not believe that religious education should be introduced in schools argued that it would lead to the decline of traditional religious schools known as mektebs. Critics from the public argued that it would impose an additional burden on students. The response was grounded in a clear assertion that schools would provide theoretical knowledge about religion, while practical knowledge would still be gained in mektebs. It took a lot of strength, wisdom, and struggle to achieve what we have today. Currently, Islamic religious education is implemented according to curricula developed and adopted by the highest authorities of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and approved by relevant state and entity ministries.

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Ecofeminist Theology and Fundamentalisms within the Arabic Context

Author(s): Jihan Zakarriya / Language(s): English Issue: 16(45)/2023

The paper seeks to examine and redefine diverse forms of fundamentalisms within modern Arabic contexts employing an ecofeminist theology perspective. Ecofeminist theology analyses varied forms of domination, androcentrism and superiority over women and nature through deconstructing and challenging masculinist interpretations, understandings, and linguistic expressions of religions. Ecofeminist theologians relate religions and humanism as forces of unbiased, uncategorized liberation, equality, and freedom. Although the concept of fundamentalism is controversial for definers, modern and contemporary academia and media relate fundamentalism exclusively to Islam, particularly with the emergence of militant Islamist groups and global terrorist organizations. Fundamentalist movements are hierarchical, essentialist and sexist. Existing scholarship on Islamic fundamentalism lacks the feminist perspective and overlooks important forms of nonreligious fundamentalisms in Arab countries such as militarisms and semitribalisms that participate in the inferior position of women and nature. This paper examines the role of some Arab thinkers in relating women, politics, religion, and nature and specifically refers to Averroes, Fatima Mernissi, Zainab al Ghazali, and Nawal el Saadawi.

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Iskustva vjeronaučnog obrazovanja u javnom odgojno-obrazovnom sistemu Hrvatske

Author(s): Emina Mešić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

This paper provides data on the inception of Islamic religious education in Croatian primary and secondary schools and Islamic upbringing in preschool institutions. It also sheds light on the crucial role of Islamic religious education in the integration of Muslim children into Croatian society, which is predominantly Catholic. Furthermore, the paper reflects on the excellent collaboration between the Religious-Educational Service of the Islamic Community Meshihat in Croatia and the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia, which is reflected in various fields. In the context of marking 30 years of Islamic religious education in the educational system of the Republic of Croatia, the paper analyzes the retrospective, current state, and future perspectives of Islamic religious education. It also presents achievements during this period, such as the inclusion of textbooks in the Catalog of Textbooks of the Republic of Croatia, the inclusion of competitions in Islamic religious education in the Catalog of Competitions of the Republic of Croatia, and the inclusion of professional development for Islamic religious education teachers in the Catalog of Professional Development of Educational Workers in the Republic of Croatia. The paper discusses collaboration with the Riyaset of the BiH Islamic Community in the field of education and joint projects.

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Iskustva vjeronaučnog obrazovanja u javnom odgojno-obrazovnom sistemu Austrije

Author(s): Mevlida Mešanović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

In 2022, Austria marked the 40th anniversary of the existence of Islamic religious education in Austria. Despite being present there for several decades, the progress of Islamic religious education has been slowed down due to the complexity of the challenges it faces. The research conducted with religious education teachers points out heterogeneous difficulties as well as the need for smooth functioning and the prosperity of Islamic religious education.

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Položaj islamske vjeronauke na području Muftijstva tuzlanskog

Author(s): Mensur Husić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

The introductory part of the paper expands on the return to religions, and the return to the sacred in the West in the 1960s. Significant changes in the attitude towards religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina took place after the socio-political changes of the 1990s. One result of these changes is the introduction of religious education in schools. The author highlights the process of introducing religious education into schools in the Tuzla-Podrinje Canton, Posavina Canton, Brčko District of BiH, and schools in the BiH entity of RS. Special emphasis is placed on explaining the status of the subject of Islamic religious education in primary and secondary schools, the organization of Islamic religious education from the time of its introduction to the present, challenges, and ways of overcoming staffing deficits, i.e., pro-filing the religious education teaching staff. The paper points out the challenges and difficulties in implementing Islamic religious education and ways to overcome them.

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Iskustva islamske vjeronauke u Hercegovačko-neretvanskom kantonu

Author(s): Alma Mujakić-Moćić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

The paper provides an overview of the position of religious education through a brief review of the Law on Education in Primary and Secondary Schools and Preschool Institutions of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, as well as the number of students attending religious education and the number of religious educators. The paper addresses the fol-lowing topics: the role of religious educators in student development, challenges faced by students’ families, and recognizing religious educators as trust-ed individuals. A special section of the paper is dedicated to the issue of identity, types of identity, the importance of understanding identity, the building of national identity, fundamental characteristics of identity, and presenting the best aspects of identity in science, culture, art, sports, etc. The paper briefly touches on the Interreligious Council, the current interreligious cooperation in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and plans and ideas for improving this cooperation in the future. The final sections of the paper focus on teacher education, strengthening the competencies of the teaching staff, developing digital literacy, lifelong learning, skills, and other capabilities of teachers.

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Iskustva islamske vjeronauke na području bosanskohercegovačkog entiteta Republika Srpska

Author(s): LAMIJA VATREŠ-MEHMEDIĆ / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

This paper aims to clarify the position of the course of Islamic Religious Education in the educational system of the Republika Srpska (RS), and the position of teachers and students attending Islamic Religious Education classes in the RS. The paper explores the methods of teaching, legal regulations, and the challenges faced by teachers in their work. The Bosniak Muslim community in Republika Srpska, the smaller entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, faces assimilation, making the role and purpose of Islamic Religious Education, and consequently the role of teachers in this area, exceptionally important. Recognizing that the role of religious education teachers in the RS is not limited to teaching faith and religious principles, religious education teachers consciously undertake the obligation to compensate for the knowledge that children lack concerning their identity, culture, tradition, and history. This paper presents the experiences of a certain number of religious education teachers across the RS, providing an authentic portrayal of the position of Islamic Religious Education in the education system of the RS.

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Utjecaj islamske vjeronauke na univerzalne vrijednosti učenika sarajevskih osnovnih škola

Author(s): Hajrudin Ćuprija / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

Following a brief theoretical elaboration, this paper presents the results of research on the influence of Islamic religious education on the values and behaviors of students in Sarajevo’s primary schools, with a focus on universal values. The results were obtained from the most significant participants in the school: Islamic religious educators, parents, students in higher grades of primary school, and school pedagogues. The survey included 2,247 respondents. Data were collected through survey questionnaires for all subsamples except for pedagogues, who were interviewed. The general finding of this research indicates that all respondents find a positive impact of Islamic religious education on the development of universal values and positive behaviors in students.

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Izazovi inkluzije učenika s teškoćama u razvoju na Islamskoj vjeronauci

Author(s): Emina Dacić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 28/2023

The implementation of inclusive education (IE) in Islamic religious education classes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is progressing slowly and faces numerous challenges. These challenges are encountered not only by religious education teachers but also by parents of children with developmental difficulties and all participants in the educational process. Challenges in the practical implementation of inclusive education in the teaching of Islamic religious education are many. Looking through the lens of the law, all children have equal rights, but in practice, there are certain short-comings. This paper provides an overview of the state of inclusive education in Islamic religious education classes and its application since inclusion became part of the educational system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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IDIOMATSKI GLAGOLSKI OBLICI U KUR'ANU

Author(s): Džemaludin Latić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 12/2008

The author in this paper deals with Qur’anic idioms, i.e. with relatively small number of words (according to the research of Mustansir Mir, published in his book Verbal Idioms of the Qur’an, there are only 1702 of them) whose root serves for derivation of other words with similar meaning. Qur’an, indeed, has a small vocabulary. From the language point of view, those 1702 words can wrongly bring us to the conclusion that Qur’an is a book which is simple for reading and comprehension. But that is a tricky conclusion. If we consult volumes of books on Qur’anic syntax, semantics and grammar, we can see that in nearly each of its ayah are hidden one or more linguistic questions and problems which need particular studies. The insight into that problem will lead every researcher to start understanding the richness and complexity of Qur’anic language. Besides the introduction to Qur’anic idiomatic vocabulary, the author brings a handful of such words, their derivatives and meanings.

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INSTITUCIONALNO IZUČAVANJE HADISA U MUSLIMANSKIM ZEMLJAMA

Author(s): Zuhdija Hasanović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 12/2008

Since the schools of studies of hadith in literature are often spoken as of something which was of very short duration, and without significant impact on the societies, the author in this paper which deals with the most important hadith schools in Islamic countries, points out that the hadith schools emerged very early, in the 4th to 10th century, and that some of them, indeed, lasted very shot, but some were active even for a few centuries and had strong impact on the level of education, morality and general attitude of the environment in which they existed. Special attention was paid to the contemporary institutions which show the highest interest in studies of Muhammad’s, p.b.u.h., tradition, as the hadith school in Morocco, Iran and Saudi Arabia, which using modern technical devices and possibilities accomplish significant results not only in promoting Muhammad’s p.b.u.h. tradition, but also in promoting a moderate understanding and practicing of Islam and by that a more moral and humane living in general.

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UZAJAMNA POVEZANOST KUR’ANSKIH DIJELOVA I CJELINA (TEN SUBU’L-QUR’AN)

Author(s): Dževad Šošić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 12/2008

The connections aspects of structural parts of Qur’anic text is the subject matter to which many commentators of Qur’an are devoted and which is the subject of a special Qur’anic discipline, known as ‘Ilm tenasubi’l-Qur’an. The nature of the problem speaks for itself that research is in the field of Arabic grammar and stylistics. It shows all the subtlety and beauty of Qur’anic expression: arrangement of words, concise and general forms, fascinating quotations, the story telling manner etc. Revealing mutual connections between the words in an ayah, between the very ayat or between suwar, we learn about the nature of the Qur’anic text in spite of different contents, aim, themes or motives and thus we recognise its supernatural qualities and its uniqueness. For the fuller understanding of Qur’an, its intentions and messages it is important, among others, to know the relations between its structural components.

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‘‘TELKHISU'L-MIFTAH’‘ - DJELO O ZNANOSTI KOJA RASKRIVA ASPEKTE KUR'ANSKOG I'DŽAZA

Author(s): Almir Fatić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 12/2008

This paper at the beginning discusses language as the Divine sign on the basis of comments of 22nd ayat of surah Er-Rum and reveals perceptions of Islamic commentators. Further, on the basis of the same ayat, it treats plurality of human speeches and languages and plurality of opinions on that matter. Before presentation of some phonetic-phonological and linguistics results of contemporary linguistics which correspond with stated hermeneutic efforts of Qur’an commentators, our attention is directed to phonetic studies and sound aspects of Arabic language during the early period of Islam. The paper especially deals with phonetic and linguistic works of two great scholars, the founders of Arabic linguistics, Sibevejh and Ibn Džinni. After partial presentation of some classical and contemporary Islamic linguists and Qur’an commentators and their views on the language, we have shortly discussed and formulated three assumptions - primarily on the basis of Qur’anic ayats and also on the basis of generally accepted linguistic comprehension - of that what we have named, in this paper, Qur’anic theory of language and speech.

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O ARAPSKOM RJEČNIKU I NJEGOVOM NASTAJANJU

Author(s): Zehra Alispahić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 12/2008

Arabic terms mu`\am (pl. ma` a \im, mu` am\at) and qamus (pl. qawamis) are the equivalents for English term dictionary, French dictionaire, German Worterbuch, as well as similar terms in other languages which mean dictionary, lexicon and likewise. Arabic terms mu’ \ am and qamus are equally used, in the same meaning, in the titles of classical language as well as in the titles of modern dictionaries. Great world linguists have zealously confirmed that none of the peoples on the planet has such diverse, rich and developed lexicography as the Arabs do, who have tried all the possible ways of making dictionaries of all kinds. Numerous generations of Arabic vocabulary lovers used various methods and ways in gathering and classification of the language material having in mind and considering morphological and semantic characteristics of words. The first dictionaries have been made by Arabic lexicographers on the basis of the meaning of words and their pronunciation. Today’s rich lexicographers’ opus is the result of work of many generations as well as of a planned collective approach to this serious job.

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UDŽBENICI ISLAMSKOG, PRAVOSLAVNOG I KATOLIČKOG VERONAUKA U BIH

Author(s): Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 7/2007

In this work, it was tried to analyze the textbooks for Islamic, Orthodox and Catholic religious education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have started with the hypothesis that in the situation of living in multinational and multi-confessional society, textbooks for religious education should offer information not only about own, but also about other religions. Especially in society such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has paid high price during the war in 1990s, because of mutual misunderstandings and hatred. Our analysis has shown that the textbooks for Islamic and Orthodox religious education are purely confessional, for they strive to introduce children with their own faith and religious tradition. Although mainly confessional, textbooks for Catholic religious education, giving data about other religions and paying special stress to the importance of dialogue and tolerance, freedom and development of every person, improve general knowledge of pupils and enable their critical and personal improvement. Therefore these textbooks overcome the gaps of confessional approach to high extent. However, there is a problem how is this really implemented in school classes, taking into account that Catholicism is an important part of self-conciseness and separation of Croats from other constitutive people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Answer to that question goes beyond this work.

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RELIGIJSKI ASPEKTI RATA U BIH (UZROCI I POSLJEDICE)

Author(s): Nedžad Grabus / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 10/2005

The question of the role of religion causes large disagreement in the total analysis of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many authors are inclined to connect the war in former Yugoslavia with vulgar reading out and glorification of the past of Balkan area and inexplicable pride which has been founded in ancient times. Following the pattern which was set by German sociologist Andreas Hasenclever it is possible to affirm that in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina there was strong accent on the traditional understanding of religion since Serbian political and Oriental circles today's inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina present as traitors Orthodox religion. On the basis of presented facts it is possible to confirm that the symbiosis was established between political and religious leadership of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war 1992-1995. There existed a strong connection SPC (Serbian Orthodox Church) from Bosnia and Herzegovina with SPC in Serbia and Montenegro, and also with Orthodox churches in Greece and Russia. The disturbing fact is that even after ten years from the genocide in Srebrenica the signs of remorse of representatives SPC can not be seen.

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