The Bosnian Muslims and Albanians: Islam and nationalism
Nationalities Papers, cilt.32, sa.2, ss.287-321, 2004 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/0090599042000230250
- Dergi Adı: Nationalities Papers
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.287-321
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The drastic changes in the Balkans in the 1990s and the disintegration of Yugoslavia in particular have resulted in a large number of publications attempting to explain the break-up of this country and the political developments in the Balkans. Some of these publications deal partly with the local Muslims who were engaged in the Balkan conflicts but, with some exceptions, they are focused mainly on recent developments, with less attention paid to the historical contexts in which the Muslim nationalist movements were shaped. Although religion played a more important role in the nation-building process of the Bosnian Muslims than in that of the Albanians, there are very few studies that examine the reasons for this and the impact of Islam on the Muslim nationalist movements in historical perspective. The following article examines from a comparative perspective the role of Islam in the Bosnian Muslim and Albanian national movements from the Ottoman period up to the end of the Cold War. The Sunni Muslims of Bosnia and the Albanians, who are divided into three religions and a variety of sects, present contrasting societal structures for the analysis of different aspects of Islam. © 2004 Association for the Study of Nationalities.