Bosnia
Head of Serbian Orthodox Church tests positive for virus
By Associated Press — January 11, 2022
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The 60-year-old patriarch became the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church after the previous patriarch, Irinej, died in November 2020 after contracting the coronavirus.
Amid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
By By Radul Radovanovic — January 10, 2022
(AP) — As part of the celebrations, a special police unit sang about defending the Orthodox Christian cross and “the shiny new Serb Republic.”
Historic Bosnian mosque reopens in move toward reconciliation
By RNS staff — May 7, 2016
The day the Ferhadija mosque was leveled, May 7, is now the Day of the Mosques in Bosnia, where 614 mosques were destroyed during the 1992-95 war.
Bosnians protest hijab ban
By Rosie Scammell — February 8, 2016
(RNS) The country’s high judicial council ordered the ban on the hijab and all “religious signs” from courts and other legal institutions.
Bosnian Muslims thrive in U.S. despite unease over homeland
By Omar Sacirbey — November 28, 2012
BOSTON (RNS) Despite their relatively short time in America and the traumas of war, Bosnian Muslims are thriving in American society. Success, however, hasn’t diminished the sense of injustice that many feel over how the bloody war ended, or concerns that their trials could be too easily forgotten. By Omar Sacirbey.
Guest commentary: 20 years after Bosnia, finding meaning after terror
By Julia Lieblich — May 4, 2012
(RNS) Esad Boskailo is a Bosnian Muslim and I am a Jew, but when we decided to write a book together about finding meaning after terror, we were determined to avoid easy answers about suffering and religious language. By Julia Lieblich.
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