Thursday, October 23, 2008

Grand Mufti [Reis-ul-ulema] of Bosnia











Reis-Ul-ulema Mustafa Ceric (Bosnia)



r. Mustafa efendi Cerić (born 1952 in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina,) is the Grand Mufti (reis-ul-ulema) of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is serving his second 7-year term until 2013. He is considered as one of the most liberal Grand Muftis in the world. He is fluent in Bosnian, English and Arabic, and cites a "passive knowledge" of Turkish, German and French . Cerić is married and has two daughters and a son.
Mustafa Ceric is the Reis-ul-Ulema, President of the Council of Ulema, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He graduated from the Medressa in Sarajevo and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, after which he returned to Bosnia, where he became an imam. He then spent several years as Imam of the U.S. Islamic Cultural Center, during which time he earned a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology at the University of Chicago. He left for Zagreb in 1987 where he became a practicing imam at a learning center. Mustafa Ceric is the author of a number of books in Bosnian including Roots of Synthetic Theology in IslamHe learned English and earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in Islamic Studies. When he finished his studies, he returned to his homeland, leaving the ICC and becoming a practicing Imam in a learning center in Zagreb in 1987. He officially became the Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999, although he has led the Islamic community in Bosnia since 1993, a fact that has sparked controversy in his re-election.
Dr. Ceric is a member of several local and international scientific organizations and societies, including the Interreligious Council of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Foundation of Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery, the Council of 100 Leadres of the World Economic Forum, the European Council for Fatwas and Research, World Conference of Religion & Peace, the Executive Committee of the European Council of Religious Leaders, the Board of Trustees of International Islamic University Islamabad, the Sharia'h Board of Bosnia Bank International, the Fiqh Academy in Mecca, Aal Albayt Foundation for Islamic Thought in Jordan, the World Council of Religions for Peace, International Commission for Peace Research chaired by Dr. Henry Kissinger, UNESCO and Executive Council of World Forum of Ulama. He has delivered numerous lectures and led several workshops on interreligious and interfaith issues at local and international conferences.
His publications include: Roots of Synthetic Theology in Islam, A Choice Between War and Peace, and European Muslim Declaration. [8.
He is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding.

4 comments:

nida said...

He is too much of a western puppet in my opinnion! He doesn't have the guts to speack out against injustice - but nicely plays along to what ever he's told to do by the great powers of the west. Pity!

He's kinda like a 'dictator' in the sense of his position as mufti lol - he doesn't allow for a change someone perhaps with more knowledge and less of a link to the west!

But that's just me!

nida said...

Oh yes and during the war while my family and I were refugees at his mosque in Zagreb - he kicked us all out into the open elements and we didn't even have anywhere to go until the humanitarian organization and the "arabs" found us a place to stay!

That I will never forget!

bathmate said...

nice posting....Oh yes and during the war while my family and I were refugees at his mosque in Zagreb

Bathmate

Unknown said...

if you and your bullshit family come near us we will slaughter you again