TESAWWUF TRADITION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – YESTERDAY AND TODAY

TESAWWUF TRADITION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – YESTERDAY AND TODAY

HADŽIMEJLIĆ, Ćazim

Tessawuf in Bosnia was established in 15 century. Dervishes were coming to Bosnia earlier even in the end of 14 century, before Sultan II Mehmed Fatih conquered Bosnia. They were establishing relations with local people and spread tesawwuf. Tesawwuf in Bosnia found fertile ground and domicile people accept Islam trough tesawwuf. Tesawwuf had different popularity through recent five centuries, from the time when it was very popular and until the middle of 20th century, when was forbidden. From seventies it was again accepted by Islamic community when again dervishes lodges open for public. In this century tesawwuf again is more and more popular. Today we have survived just few tesawwuf buildings from ottoman period. However, we have left plenty of tesawwuf literature and other written work, which proves strong tesawwuf tradition in Bosnia.

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PeerReviewed

ISSN 2303-582X

International Burch University

2014-05-23

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