Bosnians complain about spread of Arabic script in their country

[Böri]

Growing unease with influence of Gulf States
There is another ongoing soft power play in the country. Gulf State countries too have stepped up their presence. Saudi investors have financed the building of a €50m shopping mall in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Sarajevo City Centre is the country's biggest shopping mall and is just one example of the Arab real estate investment which is spreading throughout the country.

After the war, the country badly needed foreign investment. But there is an increasing feeling of unease. Are local customs and traditions being transformed by the growing influence of conservative Islamic countries?

Dino Hadzic is a council member in Ilidza, close to Sarajevo. He is leading a campaign to have billboard, advertisements and shop signs written in both Arabic and the Bosnian language to limit the use of the Arabic language.

"My initiative is related to the problem of Arabic characters being used for all these inscriptions," says Hadzic. "The locals cannot read or understand them. The official language in Bosnia-Herzegovina is the Bosnian language and the official alphabets are the Latin and the Cyrillic alphabet. All foreign direct investment is welcome, of course. Our local industry was completely destroyed by the war and later-on by shady privatisations. I am not against Arab tourists visiting us. They are welcome. But we should not forget that Bosnia-Herzegovina has, and should keep its own identity."



http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/26/i...nd-herzegovina

[Bosniensis]

True.

I can't stand Arabic .. it's insane...

Western Powers (USA, EU) is doing everything to enforce "Liberal views on foreigners" ... any attempt to say anything against Arabic is considered Fascism etc...

I have nothing against Arabic script on contrary I think it's very good, but it should stay within the boundaries of Arabia.

Someone is pushing Arabic agenda in Bosnia, Turkey ON PURPOSE.... those people are financed from abroad.. No Turk or Bosnian is doing that... ALL FOREIGNERS who are protected by government.

[Böri]

When the republic of Turkey was being created and when we shifted to Latin script in Turkey, that was because 96% of men and 99% of women were illiterate and couldn't learn Arabic alphabet. Latin was easier and was promoted by the great Turkic thinkers and scholars who came from Russia (Volga and Crimean Tatars) and had strong influence on Atatürk.

However, the Bosniaks had much higher literacy rates with Erabica script back then, compared to Turks.
Bosniaks should drop Latin and Cyrillic and return to Erabica.

[TheMaestro]

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[Böri]

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If Bosnian law allows, there is no problem.

[Bosniensis]

When the republic of Turkey was being created and when we shifted to Latin script in Turkey, that was because 96% of men and 99% of women were illiterate and couldn't learn Arabic alphabet. Latin was easier and was promoted by the great Turkic thinkers and scholars who came from Russia (Volga and Crimean Tatars) and had strong influence on Atatürk.

However, the Bosniaks had much higher literacy rates with Erabica script back then, compared to Turks.
Bosniaks should drop Latin and Cyrillic and return to Erabica.

We never used anything except Cyrillic up to 1860 also We invented Cyrillic it’s our script

Why would anyone use anything else beside its own script?

You have complexes cause you are not using Turkic Runes


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