Islamic Revival Tests Bosnia’s Secular Cast

Islamic Revival Tests Bosnia’s Secular Cast

By DAN BILEFSKY

Published: December 26, 2008

Bosnia’s Muslims have practiced a moderate Islam that stretches back to the Ottoman conquest in the 15th century. Sociologists and political leaders say the religious awakening is partly an outgrowth of the war and the American-brokered Dayton agreement that ended it, dividing the country into a Muslim-Croat Federation and a Serb Republic.

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