Ask Bosniaks anything

[RandoBloom]

because im not bosniak but you are doesnt make you correct, because you could as well believe your people invented civilisation are from atlantis or whatever. like many similar nationalists did before.

The only claim I made is that Bosniaks are not tied to Islam, and you compare that to claiming that we invented civilisation or came from Atlantis ?

[Mortimer]

The only claim I made is that Bosniaks are not tied to Islam, and you compare that to claiming that we invented civilisation or came from Atlantis ?

it was just a example that you arent neccesarily correct or unbiased. and that you need to be right and i wrong. you made a hominem argument because you said because of my person i cant have a opinion or be more right then you. and i know lots of bosniaks and most bosniaks think that a bosniak is a muslim. in practice its like that but you guys are in a nation building process which is not finished yet so it might change to what you want. i dont want to make bosniaks look smaller by saying they are only muslims, but historically its tied to islam.

[Peter Nirsch]

Are Bosniaks different than Bosnians?

[RandoBloom]

it was just a example that you arent neccesarily correct or unbiased. and that you need to be right and i wrong. you made a hominem argument because you said because of my person i cant have a opinion or be more right then you. and i know lots of bosniaks and most bosniaks think that a bosniak is a muslim. in practice its like that but you guys are in a nation building process which is not finished yet so it might change to what you want. i dont want to make bosniaks look smaller by saying they are only muslims, but historically its tied to islam.

Having an oppinion is one thing. Refusing an answer based on your prejudice is another thing. Its neither historicaly tied to Islam, nor is it today:

"[...] Equally, I am begging you; [...] If Bosniaks would know that they will not be alone in this war, braver they shall struggle, and neither the Turks would have the courage to attack on my lands...; My father predicted to your predecessor, Nicholas V, and the Venetians the fall of Constantinople. He was not believed. [...] Now I prophesy about myself. If you trust and aid me I shall be saved; if not, I shall perish and many will be ruined with me."
- Excerpts from Stephen Tomašević's letter to Pope Pius II

King of Bosnia and a Catholic Bosniak

“ We Bosniaks, the once-famous people, now that we are barely alive, our friends of science see us as head detached from the Slavic tree and pity us ... It is time to awake from a long lasting negligence; give us the cup, and from well of apprehension, inexhaustibly gain knowledge, wisdom; firstly let us try to cleanse our hearts from prejudice, reach for books and magazines, let's see what the others did, so that we can use the same means, that our nation of simple people from the darkness of ignorance to the light of truth we bring. ”
—Ivan Frano Jukić, excerpt from his work[1]

A Catholic Friar and a Bosniak

Fra Antun Knežević was one of the main protagonists of Bosniak nationhood, and he fiercely advocated against imminent Croatization of Bosnian Catholics on one side, as well as imminent Serbianization of Bosnian Orthodox people on the other, as he called it in his work. His position and doctrine was that all the Bosnians are one people of three faiths, and that up to late 19th century, no Croats and Serbs lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A Friar, Catholic and a Bosniak.

Odselili smo u Hrvatsku, pošto smo bili pohrvaćeni Bošnjaci i imali tu, neku drugu, rezervnu domovinu. To sve meni onda nije bilo jasno jer sam bio malo dijete.

Međutim dijete je odraslo i progledalo svojim očima. Uzelo mi je 56 godina da su mi se oči otvorile.

U nas se nije smjelo, i to dok smo živjeli u Hrvatskoj, govoriti o Bošnjacima osim kad su ocu i majci došli u posjetu bivši učenici a tih je posjeta bilo često, i to godinama. Svaki put kad su došli svi su, iza zatvorenih vrata velike sobe, postali Bošnjaci i nastao bi grohotan smijeh veselja, i ljubljenje i grljenje i tapšanje po plećima.

Sad kad gledam, s ovim životnim iskustvom i otvorenim očima, jasmo mi je da smo mi, Milićevići, tijekom stoljeća bili pohrvaćivani.

Zeljko Milicevic, a Catholic Bosniak

Diwan: Da intervju otvorimo jednim konkretnim pitanjem: Je li se išta promijenilo u glavama onih koji su napadali Bosnu i Hercegovinu?

Ivana Mostarac: Nažalost, nije. Oni ne odustaju od razbijanja Bosne i Hercegovine. Njihov mentalni sklop je očito memorisan na skrnavljenje i uništenje svega onoga što barem deklarativno nije srpsko, posebno u Bosni, gdje kombinacijom asimilacije, kroz izvrtanje historijskih fakata, usmjerenom prema pravoslavcima, te fizičkim uništenjem muslimana, katolika, jevreja i ostalih, nastoje u paketu sprovesti proklamacije Garašaninova Načertanija, Moljevićeve Homogene Srbije i oba dijela Memoranduma SANU-a. Dakle, igraju na kartu parcelizacije Bošnjaka, kroz njihovu, odnosno našu, identifikaciju kroz konfesiju ili teritoriju, u čemu ih svesrdno, nesvjesno pomažu i neki, moram ih tako nazvati, zalutali bh. patriotski krugovi.

Ivana Mostarac, a Bosniak Catholic.

[RandoBloom]

Are Bosniaks different than Bosnians?

Yes, a Bosnian is any person born in Bosnia.
Bosniak is an ethnic group, originating from Bosnia

[Rose]

i have another question too ) what do bosniak people think about turks?

[RandoBloom]

i have another question too ) what do bosniak people think about turks?

Its mixed. Some see Turks as partners. Others dont.
Some consider Turks to be a benevolent ocupiers, others dont.

[Rose]

Its mixed. Some see Turks as partners. Others dont.
Some consider Turks to be a benevolent ocupiers, others dont.

fair enough i guess

[Mraz]

it was just a example that you arent neccesarily correct or unbiased. and that you need to be right and i wrong. you made a hominem argument because you said because of my person i cant have a opinion or be more right then you. and i know lots of bosniaks and most bosniaks think that a bosniak is a muslim. in practice its like that but you guys are in a nation building process which is not finished yet so it might change to what you want. i dont want to make bosniaks look smaller by saying they are only muslims, but historically its tied to islam.

Bosniaks since Kulin Ban untill today are tied to heresy and refusal of oppressive faiths like it was the case with Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Also we say we are Muslim so you don't get to start with your Yugo BS. A Bosniak can eat pork, drink a lot, slur, be the opposite of what a Muslim should do or behave, as long as he defends Bosnian land, its sovereignty, the mosques and freedom of worship he will still be seen as a Bosniak.
On the other side, imagine you have "the most perfect Muslim" who has power, imagine he calls for fusion of Bosnia with Serbia or Croatia, let say "the pork eater alcoholic Bosniak" decide to assassinate him and dies doing it. That bad Muslim will have thousands of Bosniaks going to his funerals despite his way of life, the imam will ask people :"shall we forgive him", you'd have a big crowd saying "Forgiven".

[Mraz]

i have another question too ) what do bosniak people think about turks?

Majority of Bosniaks see Turkey as an advanced and strong nation, we are friendly since we lived in a same Empire for 400 years so we are linked to a common past, at least for a part of it. Turkey has many ennemies and we support her against all of them. And you also support us, just for exemple last year when there were floods, union of Turkish furnitures producers sent 100 lorries to Bosnia, other initiatives were also done.