Sandzak and the south are trouble spots for Serbia

se times
20/09/2011

Even as it confronts Pristina over northern Kosovo, Serbia is grappling with discontent elsewhere.
By Igor Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade -- 20/09/11
After a week marked by tension in northern Kosovo, Belgrade saw the re-emergence of two other potential trouble spots. First, some Bosniak factions in the western Serbian region of Sandzak announced they would push for autonomy.

Next, Albanians in southern Serbia began organising protest rallies, dissatisfied with the conditions in local education....more...
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/09/20/feature-04

Together we are stronger!

the economist

The troubles of Sandzak

Rabble-rousing in a Muslim-majority part of Serbia

Aug 27th 2011

NOVI PAZAR

from the print edition
SANDZAK, admits Muamer Zukorlic, a prominent Muslim leader in the region, is not going to be the Dubai of the Balkans. But only give us autonomy, he tells its people, and “you’ll live like they do in Monaco!” Politicians promise many outlandish things, but it seems particularly cruel to suggest to citizens of this marginal region in south-west Serbia that they could soon be living it up like residents of the balmy tax haven....more...
read more: the economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21526933

Novi Pazar’s Cultural Wealth And Versatility – Analysis

transconflict
Posted on June 30th 2011 in the category Serbia by TransConflict
Novi Pazar’s entrepreneurship, combined with its traditional cultural and historical wealth, provide assets that should be capitalized on by both Serbs and Bosniaks, regardless of their political or ethno-religious differences, for the city to move forward and flourish as it did in the nineties....more...

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http://www.transconflict.com/2011/06/novi-pazars-cultural-wealth-and-versatility-306/

Serbia Urges Autumn Vote for Bosniak Council

se times
27 JUN 2011 / 07:34

As Minorities Minister recommends re-run elections for Bosniak National Council before winter, the Bosniak Cultural Community, BKZ, led by Muamer Zukorlic, gives cool response

Bojana Barlovac Belgrade

Serbia's new Minister for Human and Minority Rights says fresh elections for the Bosniak National Council, representing the country's Muslim community, should take place by the end of 2011. ...more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-ministry-announce-new-bosniak-council-vote

Fight Erupts Over New Bosniak Academy of Sciences

serbianna.com
June 17, 2011 – 2:20 pm

By Mico Tatalovic on 16 June 2011, 12:38 PM
A new academy of science started by Muslim religious leaders in Bosnia and Serbia has stirred debate across the Balkans. Serbian academics say the academy is a political move aimed at increasing tensions between Serbs and Bosniaks in the region, and some Bosniak scientists say the new organization is an attempt by Muslim clerics to increase their influence that adds little to the existing academies of science in the region.
(Bosniaks, often referred to as Bosnian Muslims, are the largest ethnic group in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B.I.H.); they form a minority in neighboring Serbia.)....more....
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http://serbianna.com/blogs/michaletos/archives/1034

Zukorlic Founds Bosniak Academy of Science and Arts

balkan insight
13 JUN 2011 / 09:17

Muamer Zukorlic, Serbia's controversial chief mufti, has established a Bosniak Academy of Science and Arts, calling it "an important pillar for the survival of the Bosniak people."
Bojana Barlovac Belgrade

After founding a university, a publishing house, two kindergartens and an institute to examine alleged crimes against Bosniaks, the Islamic Community in Serbia, based in Novi Pazar, now has its own academy of science and arts, BANU.....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/zukorlic-founds-bosniak-academy-of-science-and-arts

Religious leader founded Academy of Science

blic online

MUFTI ZUKORLIC CHALLENGES AUTHORITIES AGAIN

B. Gigović | 10. 06. 2011. - 01:01h | Comments 0 

The Bosniac Academy of Sciences and Art (BANU) was founded in Novi Pazar yesterday. It shall have 21 members. Among them there shall be Ejup Ganic, a man that Serbia has issued an international wanted list for. Mufti Zukorlic has been appointed President of the Initiative board of the newly founded BANU. The comment from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art (SANU) is that it is on the state bodies to sanction foundation of that institution....more...

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http://english.blic.rs/In-Focus/7739/Religious-leader-founded-Academy-of-Science

Mufti talks "taking over" municipal building

b92.net
Politics

Thursday 12.05.2011
12:53
Source: Beta, Tanjug

NOVI PAZAR -- Islamic Community in Serbia Mufti Muamer Zukorlić told Novi Pazar citizens that they needed to “take over“ the town hall if they wanted to work and earn money.
He addressed the citizens who gathered at the Bosniak Flag Day celebration in Novi Pazar Wednesday night. ...more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=12&nav_id=74299

Another invitation to Bosniak leaders to form council

b92.net
Politics

Wednesday 11.05.2011
12:08
Source: Tanjug

NOVI PAZAR -- Minister without Portfolio Sulejman Ugljanin has sent another invitation to the three leading candidates for the Bosniak National Council to form the council.
The three top their respective lists and are Esad Džudžević, Muamer Zukorlić and Nazir Nokić....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=11&nav_id=74276

"Sandžak will be like Monaco," promises mufti

b92.net
Politics

Wednesday 11.05.2011
11:10
Source: Beta

PRIJEPOLJE -- Mufti Muamer Zukorlić has promised residents of the southwestern town of Prijepolje that they will "live like in Monaco" - once Sandžak "gains autonomy"....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=11&nav_id=74273

Mufti Probes Old Serbian Crimes Against Muslims

balkan insight
11 May 2011 / 08:14

Sandzak mufti Muamer Zukorlic launches campaign to uncover truth about alleged Serbian atrocities against Muslims in Sandzak region in 1800s.
Bojana Barlovac

Belgrade
Zukorlic's Bosniak Cultural Community, BKZ, along with Mufti's university in Novi Pazar, have founded an institute to examine crimes allegedly committed against Bosniaks [Muslims] in Serbia's southwest Sandzak region in the past...more...

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/zukorlic-mulls-to-prove-serbs-genocide-against-bosniaks-in-19th-centuryread more: balkan insight

Serbian Mufti Mulls Running Bosnia's Islamic Community

balkan insight
20 Apr 2011 / 08:25

Muamer Zukorlic, Chief Mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia, may run for the senior post in the Islamic Community in Bosnia.
Bojana Barlovac, Belgrade
A radical mufti from Serbia's southwestern Sandzak region may try to replace the head of Bosnia's Islamic community, Mustafa Ceric, at the next elections to the post....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-mufti-zukorlic-may-run-for-chief-position-in-bosnia-islamic-community

Human rights minister tours Sandžak

b92. net

25 March 2011 09:51 -> 16:20 Source: B92, Tanjug NOVI PAZAR -- Minister Milan Marković is today visiting Serbia's southwestern region of Sandžak.

Marković, who in the reshuffled government added human and minority rights to his local administration portfolio, has embarked on his first trip to two towns in the Raška District. Marković was first in Prijepolje to honor the victims of the Štrpci abduction, as well as to visit a memorial dedicated to fallen police and soldiers, and will later head for Novi Pazar, where he will meet with leaders of the Bosniak (Muslim) community. ...more...

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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=03&dd=25&nav_id=73425