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THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER

  • THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER

    When a child is born the family, according to Islamic customs, organizes a ceremony where, among other things, the adhan is recited to the newborn into the right ear, and iqamah into the left ear, which clearly symbolizes the child's first call to prayer. Some people, though, see a more profound meaning in this custom.

  • MAWLID IN BOSNIAK LITERATURE

    Some seventy years ago, in a house in Pljevlje, Boy suddenly sailed into a sea of joy and delight.

  • LULLABY IN THE FOLK TRADITION OF BOSNIAKS

    It is difficult to establish with certainty who recorded the first Bosniak lullabies, though among few early sources we find these songs in a collection of Omer-ef. Humo from Konjic, which was published in the second half of the 19th century.

  • ZUKO DŽUMHUR’S LETTER FROM HAJJ, 1957

    From Zuko Džumhur’s Museum in Konjic.

  • CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT OF ZUKO DŽUMHUR’S FATHER

    Confirmation of the appointment of Zuko Džumhur’s father, Haji Hafiz ef. Abduselam Džumhur, into military imam of the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Belgrade - from Zuko Džumhur's Museum in Konjic.

  • BOSNIAK WEDDING CUSTOMS IN SANDŽAK

    Family and marriage have a special place in Muslim tradition, which is based on Qur'anic principles and tradition and which relies upon preserving the family as the basic cell of the society.

  • WORKS IN METAL FROM HOLDING OF ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF HERITAGE MUSEUM IN PLJEVLJA

    Ethnographic collection of Heritage Museum of Pljevlja holds a significant number of objects which document and illustrate high levels of Islamic culture in these regions.

  • SHARIA WEDDING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

    Entering into marriage at the time of Allah's Prophet, a.s. was quite simple. Two formal prerequisites had to be fulfilled: statement of willingness by spouses and presence of witnesses during making statements, and the marriage was considered valid. No written minutes were made about the completed wedding.

  • FIRDUS CEMETERY

    Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • GAZILAR’S CEMETERY

    Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • THE HAREM OF JALSKA MOSQUE

    Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • EMPEROR’S MOSQUE CEMETERY

    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina