Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the central religious authority and organizational body representing and administering Islamic affairs for Bosniak Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the surrounding region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious organization
religious institution
affiliation global Sunni Islamic tradition
associatedEthnicGroup Bosniaks
coreFunction Islamic education oversight
administration of Islamic religious life
appointment of imams
issuance of fatwas
management of mosques
management of waqf (endowments)
country Bosnia and Herzegovina
denomination Sunni Islam
educationalInstitution Faculty of Islamic Studies in Sarajevo
Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa
foundedBy Austro-Hungarian authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
foundingYear 1882
governingDocument Constitution of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
headquarters Sarajevo
headquartersBuilding Gazi Husrev-beg waqf complex
surface form: Gazi Husrev-beg Library complex
historicalPredecessor Ottoman religious administration in Bosnia
jurisdiction Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosniaks
surface form: Bosniak diaspora

Croatia
Sandžak
surface form: Sandžak region

Slovenia
Western Europe (Bosniak communities)
languageOfAdministration Bosnian
leaderTitle Reis-ul-ulema
legalStatus autonomous religious community
legislativeBody Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assembly of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
library Gazi Husrev-beg Library
mainEthnicConstituency Bosniaks
mediaOutlet Preporod newspaper
organizationalUnit jamaats (local congregations)
medžlises (local Islamic councils)
muftiluks (mufti districts)
primaryConstituency Bosniaks
surface form: Bosniak Muslims
publishingArm El-Kalem publishing house
recognizedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia
surface form: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina
surface form: state of Bosnia and Herzegovina
region Balkans
religion Islam
roleInSociety charitable and humanitarian activities
organization of Hajj and Umrah for Bosnian Muslims
preservation of Islamic cultural heritage
representation of Muslims before the state
scholarlyBody Council of Ulema of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
supremeBody Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Riyasat of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosniaks religiousInstitution Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque affiliation Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina supremeBody Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Riyasat of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina legislativeBody Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assembly of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina