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Contributing editor . Creator “Dignified Resilience” podcast. Mom of 3 boys❣️Love ✍️ NYT, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Al-Jazeera👇
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again Here’s why:
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We have an incredible piece today but an extremely talented journalist, on the Tigray conflict. I urge you to read it.
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Atrocities carried out by warring parties in Ethiopia’s civil war haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. @ZekuZelalem interviewed families and witnesses of the Mahbere Dego massacre, carried out by government forces and omitted from a recent UN probe newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-
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In his his manifesto, Breivik denies that Radovan Karadzic is a mass murderer, and points out that "because of his efforts to liberate Serbia from Islam, Karadzic will be remembered as an honorary crusader and a European war hero."
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Ne znamo još kako će sve završiti, ali bitna razlika u odnosu na ranije godine i ranije krize je bosanska javnost. U godinama iza nas marginalizovani su glasovi koji bi danas normalizovali miran raspad države, libanizaciju Bosne i getoizaciju njenog muslimanskog stanovništva.
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Vahidin du Prel
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D. Janjić veli da je presudno to što je došlo do "mobilizacije onih snaga koje su za odbranu BiH", koje su ovdje i vani bile "ubedljive". Slažem se. Momentum je sad na strani normalne BiH. Neka vrata u povijesti se otvaraju jednom ili nijednom u generaciji. Sad su odškrinuta.
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Another wise Harun on my home feed.
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Dr. Harun Karčić
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Russia amasses 100K troops and cyber attacks Ukraine, and all the EU can do is issue laughable communiqué's and express its deep concern. The US draws red lines that no one takes seriously. The West has written off Ukraine. Do you expect them to lift a finger for Bosnia?
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Kafkalija
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Not sure how much Turkey folks are paying attention to Erdoğan’s latest maneuver re: Bosnia amidst everything else, but it’s not good. twitter.com/___adn/status/…
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Prema popisu stanovništva iz 1991. godine, Bošnjaci u Višegradu činili su skoro 2/3 stanovništva općine, a rat je njihov udio smanjio na 10 posto. Više pročitajte na balkandiskurs.com/2022/01/17/pov. #PCRCBiH #BalkanDiskurs
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Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC)
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U Višegradu je organizovana jedna od najnemilosrdnijih kampanja etničkog čišćenja tokom rata u BiH. Grupa naših pripravnika posjetila je porodicu povratnika u #Višegrad. Više pročitajte na balkandiskurs.com/2022/01/17/pov. #PCRCBiH #BalkanDiskurs
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Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker
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The journalism does on all global fronts is something everyone should celebrate and welcome. Everyone. Most recent: On the genocidal narrative that is once more rearing its ugly head in #Bosnia:
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Riada Ašimović Akyol
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Case in point: “Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Bosnia Igor Kalabukhov: if the choice is in favor of joining NATO… Russia has every right to react to this hypothetical development in accordance with its national interests.” klix.ba/vijesti/bih/ru
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“Bosnian crisis has been developing in an atmosphere of the West’s appeasement of Dodik’s policies but also in the time of Russia’s serious threats of military assault on Europe through Ukraine, + preventing further NATO expansion. Many in Bosnia seem keen to join it.”
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“Bosnian crisis has been developing in an atmosphere of the West’s appeasement of Dodik’s policies but also in the time of Russia’s serious threats of military assault on Europe through Ukraine, + preventing further NATO expansion. Many in Bosnia seem keen to join it.”
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Revealed: a network of charities funneling millions into left-wing platforms that take Beijing’s side on the genocide allegations — and they’re all connected to an American tech magnate. A new major investigation by & :
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Case in point: President of Croatia Zoran Milanovic: “Dodik is our partner, we can’t solve problems without Bosnian Serbs.”hr.n1info.com/english/news/m
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Riada Ašimović Akyol
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Names change, but the same chauvinist thinking that Serb (Orthodox) and Croat (Catholic) ethnonationalist leaders perpetuate about Bosniaks, and their Muslim-ness primarily, has not changed for more than a century and a half.
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Names change, but the same chauvinist thinking that Serb (Orthodox) and Croat (Catholic) ethnonationalist leaders perpetuate about Bosniaks, and their Muslim-ness primarily, has not changed for more than a century and a half.
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Year 3 of the pandemic. It's still dangerous out there. A lot of people are at the ends of their rope, emotionally, financially, physically. Policymakers are making decisions with the economy, not our health, in mind. It's ok to not feel ok.
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Hello Monday. Recording two podcast episodes for “Dignified Resilience” this week and finishing an essay on my main to do list. Looking forward to completing, hope the content will be helpful and interesting to many. Victory hand
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Ivana Stradner
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Russia determined to develop relations with Croatia on all fronts. Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov met with Croatian Flag of Croatia Foreign Minister today. Lavrov adds fuel to the fire in Bosnia: “We also see obvious discrimination against Croats in Bosnia” tass.com/politics/13890
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Storytelling at its best. ’s journey over past decade, from Abu Dhabi to Syria to the US, from the newsroom to reporting under mortar attacks and across hostile checkpoints to the Capitol events on Jan. 6 — with Pumpkin the cat being the central character.
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Rasha Elass
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My fur babies inspired a 6,500 word essay. Here it is. newlinesmag.com/first-person/t
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Yup. We consistently have to argue with genocide deniers. Here’s a program where we talked about that & the impact of digital media on that phenomenon.
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Bosnian American Genocide Institute (BAGI)
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This January 9th we hosted "Impressionable Followers: The Impact of Viral Misinformation" a conversation about digital media and genocide denial. Featuring @riadaaa, @Rrrrnessa, Megan McCullough and @ozzthegr8. You can watch the full program here: fb.watch/2XfP2CW8hL/
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Nekad bih voljela da me se ne tiče, da sva moja briga završi komentarom na društvenim mrežama ali ne ide to tako kad živiš u manjem BiH entitetu. Kad u noći u kojoj prizivaju prošlost i niko ih ne zaustavlja svoju djecu pokriješ i ostaneš budan cijelu noć.
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"As we have repeatedly highlighted, the rise in hate speech, the denial of genocide and other atrocity crimes and the glorification of war criminals in the Western Balkans highlight the failure to comprehensively address the past."
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Recent events in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia saw individuals glorify atrocity crimes & war criminals, use #HateSpeech, and incite violence. Political & religious leaders must condemn and refrain from any advocacy of national, racial, religious hatred: ow.ly/Ub4X50HusQy
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14,112 signers so far. Let’s get to 25,000! If you are in the US, please consider.
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Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
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Please text "GO MIR" (go peace) to 50409 & the bot will send a letter on your behalf to your representatives expressing concerns regarding the ongoing crisis in Bosnia. So far - 10150 letters have been sent out! It takes 30 seconds. Please do it & please share! #GOMIR #Bosnia twitter.com/JasminMuj/stat…
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Solidarity with my Bosnian friends. We must do whatever we can to prevent another genocide. asks how many times the 19th century “Eastern Question” will target the Muslims in Southeast Europe |
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This is hugely important. And great news.
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Jan Waltmans
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Unconstitutional steps of Republika Srpska, RS blockade of state institutions and lack of reforms will have consequences. E.g. decrease of EU/international assistance can be expected. Other steps considered. Citizens of #BiH deserve sound policies and functioning institutions.
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Bosnian genocide glorification and violent threats against returnees have become an almost daily trend in BiH. #BosnianGenocide denial and triumphalism must end. Please support the work of and Black small square
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Remembering Srebrenica
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Nazi symbols and slogans glorifying the Srebrenica genocide have been spray-painted on walls in Prijedor in yet another horrific example of returnees being subjected to shocking intimidation. These hateful acts must not be tolerated in any shape or form. buff.ly/3reyIZs
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Read this very important thread about yet another "this can't be true, yet it really is true" new opportunity given to Milorad Dodik to parrot his repugnant li(n)es. It's more dangerous than it is sad.
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Esther Solomon
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For Dodik, this is an opportunity to roll out all his favorite lines: He refers to Bosniaks only as ‘Muslims,’ calls for Dayton originalism, says he embodies the ‘will of the nation’
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A must read from my friend ‘Names change, but the same chauvinist thinking that ethnonationalist leaders…perpetuate about Bosniaks, and their Muslim-ness primarily, has not changed for more than a century and a half.’ #Bosnia #BosnianGenocide
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Riada Ašimović Akyol
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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“First, you excuse it. You rationalize the incident…then you realize how much you have internalized the racism so that you just accept it or perhaps even become numb to it. Then that emotion turns into deep cynicism, rebellion…&maybe something else: raw defiance.”Rocket
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NEW: In a personal essay, @tamhussein contemplates his career as a security reporter through the 1963 novel “The Stone Face” | @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/first-person/a
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“The contemporary threat to Bosniaks is rooted in a deep and dark history. Too many harbor the same 19th-century dreams to fulfill aspirations toward ethnically homogeneous nation states, based along religious lines.” | A must read by ⁦⁦⁩
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İngilizce orijinali dergisinde yayınlanan bu makalemin Türkçe’sini yayınlayan ’ye teşekkürlerimle:
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Riada Asimovic Akyol'un @riadaaa 'New Lines Magazine' için kaleme aldığı "In Bosnia the 'Eastern Question" başlıklı yazı, Büşra Özyüksel'in çevirisiyle yayında: "Bosna’da ‘Doğu Sorunu’ Tekrar Yükseliyor" tuicakademi.org/ceviri-makale- @tuicakademi aracılığıyla
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It’s everything you say and also an outgrowth of “all-sidesism” from the war. It confuses the institutionalized “three sides” nature of the Dayton state with an ideological equivalence between the three. I don’t want to say it’s useless, but it obscures far more than it reveals.
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How Bosnia Became an Easy Target for the Far Right My latest for @RUSI_org rusi.org/explore-our-re
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With MEP colleagues, Katalin Cseh called for an investigation into Commissioner Varhelyi’s alleged role assisting Milorad Dodik’s secessionist push and steps he took to break up Bosnia-Herzegovina. This kind of message is also welcome.Down pointing backhand index
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As a Hungarian MEP, it is particularly important for me to send a message to the people of BiH, who are forced to relive the horrors of war— there is a Hungary beyond Viktor Orban who stands in solidarity with you in these difficult times.
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Thirty MEPs are calling for an investigation into Commissioner @OliverVarhelyi’s alleged role assisting Milorad Dodik’s separatist escalation in BiH. Dodik feels empowered by his supporters and by slow reaction from both EU and representatives of international community in BiH. twitter.com/katka_cseh/sta…
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“What is the way forward for those in the principled left who want to stand in solidarity with disenfranchised people instead of regimes composed of their torturers and oppressors?” writes about Latin America in :
Do you really expect that people who lost their loved ones, who were forcibly expelled, and who, upon return to their homes, are experiencing horrible discrimination on a daily basis - will celebrate anything related to the entity that is founded on genocide?
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OHR BiH
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It is time for the RS to have a Day that can be celebrated by all its citizens ohr.int/it-is-time-for
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Congrats to and her team for being shortlisted for the International Features Awards. I watched HIVE and it is amazing. Looking forward to seeing it again actually.
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Good and important context for the scary developments unfolding in Bosnia & Herzegovin right now
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Riada Ašimović Akyol
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Here is a reminder of what he said. Such a racist vision that he proposes for preserving “demographic stability” in Europe also echoes the horrors of the so-called “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, by which Muslims are on a mission to outbreed white, Christian Europeans.
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“We are Christians and that is my experience. And from experience I can say that Muslims do not abandon their values,” stated Dodik at the Demographic Summit in Budapest last September | @riadaaa in @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Alma has produced the first theater play about Srebrenica genocide from the perspective of the survivors. She is doing an amazing work in Netherlands and beyond. I admire her so much and look forward to following her work. Folded hands
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My story @"Remembering genocide"linkedin.com/pulse/remember op @LinkedIn
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"Should the situation further deteriorate..." EU is ready to impose sanctions. So where do you think it needs to further deteriorate form "Generale, thank your mother, Shoot at the mosques, There will be another Srebrenica", for EU to impose sanctions? To shootings & genocide?
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BiH: Flag of European Union condemns inflammatory rhetoric used by #RepublikaSrpska leaders in 9 Jan events. Flag of European Union regrets support by other partners 4such actions Right pointing backhand index threat to regional stability. Divisive steps must stop, EU has tools to react: sanctions,review of assistance europa.eu/!UTMY3Q
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Reading ab Bosnia today, I found this by helpful for context, historical & current. "purposeful and increased usage of the term 'Muslim' aims to reduce the entire Bosniak people to a religious group...to portray them...as foreigners in Europe." newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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BiH: Flag of European Union condemns inflammatory rhetoric used by #RepublikaSrpska leaders in 9 Jan events. Flag of European Union regrets support by other partners 4such actions Right pointing backhand index threat to regional stability. Divisive steps must stop, EU has tools to react: sanctions,review of assistance europa.eu/!UTMY3Q
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Same denial of Bosnia & Herzegovina, the existence of its people & Bosniaks in particular has also continued in different frameworks into the 21st century. Will this ancient chauvinism win by rewarding past genocides and contributing to new ones? Keep raising awareness.Folded hands
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Happy to receive a request for re-publishing of today's piece "In Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again" from a newspaper & online portal from Turkey. Thankful for 's leadership, vision & all who continue raising awareness about Bosnia. Now - to translation.
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Great piece by Folded hands
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Riada Ašimović Akyol
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Must read article: “contemporary threat to Bosniaks is rooted in a deep and dark history. Too many harbor the same 19th-century dreams to fulfill aspirations toward ethnically homogeneous nation states, based along religious lines.”
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Ms Akyol explains Christian Nationalism in practice in the Balkans. MUST ABSOLUTELY READ
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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“As per the book “The Clinton Tapes,” some European leaders also referred to the events in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 as the “painful but realistic restoration of Christian Europe” or said that Bosnia “does not belong” to Europe.”
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Important reminder. This broader historical context is largely missing from the Discourse (many people are telling on themselves)
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Here is a reminder of what he said. Such a racist vision that he proposes for preserving “demographic stability” in Europe also echoes the horrors of the so-called “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, by which Muslims are on a mission to outbreed white, Christian Europeans.
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“We are Christians and that is my experience. And from experience I can say that Muslims do not abandon their values,” stated Dodik at the Demographic Summit in Budapest last September | @riadaaa in @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Extremely important—please read & share.
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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A really important piece on the dangerous anti-Muslim narrative rearing its head in Bosnia (and beyond). #Islamophobia_WhatChristiansShouldKnow
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Essential historical context and up-to-the-moment analysis of the re-emergence the most dangerous form of Islamophobic ideology in Europe, happening right now in Bosnia.
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History of indigenous Muslims living as minorities in post-Ottoman Balkans is one of discrimination, violent expulsion or worse, including mass extermination, genocide. I wrote that in Bosnia, the ‘Eastern Question’ Is Rising Again @newlinesmag Here’s why:newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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Ethno-religious essentialism, the urge to 'cleanse' Christian Europe of a 'foreign' religion, justification for genocide: The 'Eastern question' positing Muslims as eternal 'others' has much in common w/ what was once called the 'Jewish question' newlinesmag.com/argument/in-bo
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The most recent revelations lead to recognizing that too many continue their intransigence, believing in an unchanging unacceptability of existence of a political Muslim-majority state in Europe, regardless of the wide religious spectrum of individual citizens living in it.
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Bosniaks remain as the “other,” both as Muslim “Turks” & eternal enemies in constructions of Serbian nationhood as well as in a particular cultural & religious vision of Europe that relies on its (Christian) opposition to Muslims & hostility to Islam & Ottoman Empire.
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Turkey remains diplomatically engaged in the region, but in early November Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that his country “will certainly not allow Bosnia and Herzegovina to experience the suffering it did in the 1990s again.”Down-pointing triangle
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Russia & China openly support Dodik, who has threatened to call his “friends” for help in the case of Western intervention. There have been calls for the U.K. to impose sanctions targeting Dodik’s secessionist SNSD party and deploying troops for Bosnia’s territorial integrity.Down-pointing triangle
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Karčić dissected “Eastern Question mentality” through familiar thesis that stopping the “Muslim danger” in Balkans means defending Europe. In this vision, Europe Rightwards arrow Christendom. Another frequent reference frame is Antemurale christianitatis, “the bulwark of Christianity”. Down-pointing triangle
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Karčić’s scholarship on topic remains one valid prism through which to discuss events from both past & present. He points to leitmotifs in political discourse that presaged massacres at the end of the 20th century & their similarity to those from the end of the 19th. Today too!Down-pointing triangle
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Similar expulsions of Muslims in Europe happened a few centuries back in Spain and Sicily, and Jews often faced the same fate as Muslims. According to Karčić, “the survival of the Eastern Question mentality” among the Balkan Christian nationalist elites toward the Balkan Muslims.
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One of the most prominent scholars of Islam in region, Fikret Karčić tells the painful story inOpen book”Muslims of the Balkans: the ‘Eastern Question’ in the 20th Century.” whenever a Christian majority nation-state was born in the Balkans, mass pogroms, massacres & diasporas ensued.Down-pointing triangle
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Dodik is reviving the same Islamophobic tropes that Serb intellectual & political elites used to otherize Muslims to prepare the terrain for the latest genocide in ‘90s. It reaffirm the persistence of the “Eastern Question” in minds of these elites for dealing w/Balkan Muslims.Down-pointing triangle
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Dodik calls for “defense of Europe,” a familiar line from the ’90s, a racist vision for preserving “demographic stability” in Europe echoing horrors of the so-called “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, by which Muslims are on a mission to outbreed white, Christian Europeans.Down-pointing triangle
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Dodik’s renewed, purposeful & increased usage of term “Muslim” aims to reduce the Bosniak people to a religious group only, to portray them yet again as foreigners in Europe. He finds open support “for defense of Europe” from Orbán, Janša, other anti-Muslim leaders in Europe.Down-pointing triangle
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Just like his political predecessors aimed to destroy the Bosnian state, Dodik continues using the same anti-Muslim narratives and hateful, essentialist speech against Bosniaks, in line with the war criminals who orchestrated & executed the latest genocide in the early ’90s. Down-pointing triangle
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3/ We must: - Sanctions against ex-President Milorad Dodik as US has - Increase deployment to NATO HQ Sarajevo - Convene meeting of NATO/QUINT - Activate Conflict Centre - Establish NATO counter disinformation unit Conflict is not inevitable. We need deterrence diplomacy now
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Great thread for one longer contextualization of the most serious security crisis since ‘95 in Bosnia. I’d add Bosniaks from Montenegro to below list, they’ve been targets of Islamophobic attacks too last year. The anti-Muslim narrative - in entire Balkans - has a long history.
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For Bosniak Muslims who live in Prijedor, Janja, Srebrenica, Zvornik, Foča, Banja Luka, Bratunac... ( RS in BiH) and Novi Pazar, Priboj (Serbia), these events are nothing new, they're used to it & that's even more terrifying. They're forced to live in islamophobic environment. Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards
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Amazing resource with *template letters* to write to elected representatives in the US, UK, EU…Down pointing backhand index
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Folks, a lot of you have asked for a template to contact your local reps/MPs re: the secession/obstruction crisis in BiH. @Aegis_Trust has delivered just that, w/ blueprints to use (+ resources) for those of you in U.S., UK, EU etc. Please take a look. Down pointing backhand indexchampionhumanity.com/pages/podcast
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Slovenia’s former Ambassador to BiHalso awarded honors today by secessionist authorities in RS entity. Under Janez Jansa, Slovenia has emerged as an important backer of Dodik’s regime, in the style of Orban’s illiberal and xenophobic govt in Budapest. Shared chauvinist values.
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Bivši slovenački ambasador u BiH Tadej Labernik odlikovan je Ordenom zastave Republike Srpske sa srebrnim vijencem. Orden mu je uručila predsjednica RS Željka Cvijanović tokom neustavnog obilježavanja dana RS
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There is Google translate for those who might not understand Bosnian. Here, inimitable Faruk Sehic writes a sad, very powerful essay “Liberation from enemies and propaganda myths.”
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"Jedini razlog što smo mi opstali na prostoru Okruga Bihać jesmo mi sami. Naša borba i naše žrtve. 503 poginula vojnika samo iz moje brigade su svjedočanstvo krvavih bitaka koje smo vodili." radiosarajevo.ba/metromahala/ja
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RS defenders and celebrators know this. It is the rest of us who need to remember it: Thread
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When you defend Republika Srpska and celebrate its existence, in that moment you are celebrating the massacres of my loved ones, you are celebrating them shooting at me, a child who was only 6 years old, with snipers. You are celebrating the thousands of kids who were murdered.
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Convicted war criminal and VIP guest Vinko Pandurevic is seen with Milorad Dodik celebrating the unconstitutional, illegal Republika Srpska Day. January 9 marks the date in 1992 when Bosnian Serbs declared independence in Flag of Bosnia & Herzegovina and is viewed as the start of genocide in Bosnia.
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Vinko Pandurević iza leđa Milorada Dodika: Ratni zločinac iz Srebrenice VIP gost na obilježavanju neustavnog dana RS istraga.ba/vinko-pandurev
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90'larda Boşnak halkına karşı soykırım yürüten Sırp faşizmi, Bosna'yı parçalamak ve Büyük Sırbistan kurmak saplantısıyla yeniden hareketlenmiş durumda. "Camilere ateş edin" sloganları atılıyor. Dilerim Türkiye, tüm gücüyle, Boşnak halkının ve bölge barışının yanında olacaktır.
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"It's Christmas, shoot at the mosques!" Religion can be a source of compassion in the world. But it can also be an impetus for hatred, murder, genocide. This anti-Muslim fascism in Serbia & Republika Srpska is of the latter kind. It should not get a chance for another genocide. twitter.com/BerbicAzra/sta…
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