:salam: Everyone
I was heartened to read about the Islamic revival in Bosnia. After the terrible suffering, pain of genocide and hatred in the Balkans, it looks like Bosniaks are rediscovering their Islamic past. Being religious should not be seen as a threat to Europe, as this revival is part of a renewal of a Bonisak-Muslim identity andwill strengthen the Bosniak-Croat federation.
May the light of Al-Islam spread throughout Europe and every other continent. For our true faith will restore the humanity lost in this world. Since many of us are living outside of Dar al-Islam, we must continue to provide Dawah to Non-Muslims and to continue to practice the way of Prophet Muhammad.
I am posting an excerpt, please click the link to read the full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27islam.html
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Thirteen years after a war in which 100,000 people were killed, a majority of them Muslims, Bosnia is undergoing an Islamic revival.
More than half a dozen new madrasas, or religious high schools, have been built in recent years, while dozens of mosques have sprouted, including the King Fahd, a sprawling $28 million complex with a sports and cultural center.
Before the war, fully covered women and men with long beards were almost unheard of. Today, they are common.
Many here welcome the Muslim revival as a healthy assertion of identity in a multiethnic country where Muslims make up close to half the population.