Husein Kavazović
Husein Kavazović | |
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 Kavazović in 2015 | |
| Title | Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 3 July 1964 |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University University of Sarajevo |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi[1] |
| Muslim leader | |
| Period in office | September 2012 – present |
| Predecessor | Mustafa Cerić |
| Previous post | Mufti of Tuzla |
Husein Kavazović (born July 3, 1964 in Jelovče Selo near Gradačac) is a Bosnian Islamic cleric and since September 2012 the new Grand Mufti (Reis ul-Ulema) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after having been Mufti of Tuzla.
Biography
Son of Hasan and Saima Kavazović,[2] Husein attended primary schools in Gradačac and then enrolled at the Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa in Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1983. He left Yugoslavia to study Islamic law in 1985-1990 at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, then came back to defend his master thesis at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at the University of Sarajevo, in the field of Sharia law.[3][4]
He then worked as imam, khatib and muallim (lecturer) at the Islamic congregations of Srebrenik and Gradačac, before serving as mufti of Tuzla from 1993 to 2012. In the early 1990s he was also elected member of the Council of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2012 the Islamic Community elected him to succeed to Mustafa Cerić as 14th Bosnian Grand Mufti since 1882; at the vote in the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, the main mosque of Sarajevo, he received 240 of 382 preferences. In his election program, Kavazović had pushed inter alia for the co-operation with other religious communities and a wider "incorporation of women into the work of the Islamic religious community".
Under an agreement, Kavazović was suggested to also serve as Grand Mufti of Hungary. [5]
He speaks Bosnian, Arabic and English.[6][7][8][9]
Controversies
In his speech in Switzerland made in May 2016, Kavazović said that it shouldn't be allowed for "Vlachs to govern Srebrenica", using the derogatory term for Serbs.[10] He also said "Either we water ourselves with blood or we go to the polls every four years and confirm our sovereignty. Choose Bosniaks, whether we shed blood every 20-30 years or go to the polls. Our house is our obligation, and to preserve Srebrenica, especially. You have to defend yourself against them and the cemeteries. Stay awake for your homeland. " ".[11]
Kavazović has been attacked and threatened multiple times, together with other Bosnian Muslim officials, in the Bosnian language edition of the ISIS magazine, Al Rumiyah.[12]
Notes
- Michael Martens: Gegen Rache und Küsse: Das neue Oberhaupt der bosnischen Muslime tritt sein Amt an, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16 November 2012
- Meldung über die Wahl von Kavazović bei "Nachrichten.at" abgerufen am 15 December 2012
- Meldung der Deutschen Welle über die Wahl von Kavazović abgerufen am 15 December 2012
- Biografija reisu-l-uleme mr. Husein ef. Kavazovića (Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini)
References
- ^ "International Symposium "The Scientific Thought of Imam El-Maturidi (853-944)"". University of Sarajevo.
- ^ Biografija reisu-l-uleme mr. Husein ef. Kavazovića (pristupljeno 5. septembra 2013. g.) Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Novi reisu-l-ulema mr. Husein ef. Kavazović". balkanpost.net. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Ko je Husein ef. Kavazović: Od borca s puškom u ruci do reisa". AKOS.ba. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/gvardijan-i-reis-biti-covjek-u-najtezim-vremenima
- ^ "Biografija mr. Husein ef. Kavazović" (PDF). rijaset.ba. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Neuer religiöser Führer für Muslime in Bosnien". dw.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Gvardijan i reis: Biti čovjek u najtežim vremenima". balkans.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Uvjerljiva podrška Huseinu ef. Kavazoviću". dw.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ Reis Kavazović: Da "vlah" ne vlada Srebrenicom
- ^ Kavazović: Ne dozvolite da "vlah" vlada Srebrenicom ili da lijemo krv svakih 20 godina
- ^ Balkan Insight
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