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16 October 2010

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The book titled "Islam and Muslims" was published

The book of Sevko Omar Basic, grand mufti of Croatia, titled “Islam and Muslims” was published in Croatian by Croatia Mashikhiyat Society in September 2010.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The book was published by Mashikhiyat Publication of Islamic society in712 octavo pages in 1000 numbers. The book contains archive photos of Croatia`s Islamic societies, Croatia`s Institute of Cultural Heritage as well as personal pictures.

It is noted in the preface that Croatia`s name was first mentioned in Nuzhat-al-mushtaq by Alsharif-Al-Idrisi , the great traveller and the one who has collected the map. This book was first found in Istanbul in 1404, and it is now kept in Oxford in London.  

The book includes three forewords by Sevko Omar Basic, Croatia`s mufti, Mirsad Serbernikovic ,the head of Zagreb`s Islamic Society and Osman Movtic,university professor,born in1934 Sarajevo and died on July 27, 2010 , who was Croatia`s first minister of science and technology for a year and Croatia`s ambassador for 3 years since 1993 till 1996 May  in Iran.

On 27 April 1916, Islam was recognized by Croatia`s parliament. Muslim population is currently estimated around 60000 who are scattered almost in all Croatia`s important cities.

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