Mufti talks St. Sava, "Sandžak autonomy"

Islamic Community in Serbia Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlić says "Serb children will not be forced to celebrate Muslim holidays once Sandžak gains autonomy".

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 28.01.2011.

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Islamic Community in Serbia Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlic says "Serb children will not be forced to celebrate Muslim holidays once Sandzak gains autonomy". The leader of one of Serbia's rival Islamic communities spoke in Novi Pazar, in Serbia's southwestern region which that is home to a majority of the country's Bosniaks (Muslims), as a ceremony to mark St. Sava's Day was held in the town. Mufti talks St. Sava, "Sandzak autonomy" The panel discussion that the mufti attended was dedicated to "forced assimilation and forced conversion of Bosniaks". Zukorlic told his audience that it was not true St. Sava was marked in all schools in Serbia - saying that "only miserable Roma and sick Bosniaks were made to do it". “Once Sandzak gains autonomy, I guarantee to all Orthodox Serb children that they will not be forced to participate in a single celebration on the occasion of Bayram or any other Muslim holiday, but rather preserve their religious and national identity, individually and collectively,” Zukorlic said. Zukorlic requested that the International University, headed by him, should be given the same rights as the State University of Novi Pazar and all others. “As long as the Islamic community is not united, Waqf endowment unreturned, Muslim children not given rights in schools and the International University is non-accredited, the Chief Mufti will continue to be active in the political sphere regardless if someone likes it or not,” Zukorlic said. Last week, Mufti urged children, parents, teachers and principles in Sandzak to boycott St. Sava's Day, and qualified the celebration of Serbia's medieval educator as an attempt of "forced conversion". Muamer Zukorlic (Beta, file)

Mufti talks St. Sava, "Sandžak autonomy"

The panel discussion that the mufti attended was dedicated to "forced assimilation and forced conversion of Bosniaks".

Zukorlić told his audience that it was not true St. Sava was marked in all schools in Serbia - saying that "only miserable Roma and sick Bosniaks were made to do it".

“Once Sandžak gains autonomy, I guarantee to all Orthodox Serb children that they will not be forced to participate in a single celebration on the occasion of Bayram or any other Muslim holiday, but rather preserve their religious and national identity, individually and collectively,” Zukorlić said.

Zukorlić requested that the International University, headed by him, should be given the same rights as the State University of Novi Pazar and all others.

“As long as the Islamic community is not united, Waqf endowment unreturned, Muslim children not given rights in schools and the International University is non-accredited, the Chief Mufti will continue to be active in the political sphere regardless if someone likes it or not,” Zukorlić said.

Last week, Mufti urged children, parents, teachers and principles in Sandžak to boycott St. Sava's Day, and qualified the celebration of Serbia's medieval educator as an attempt of "forced conversion".

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