مختصر الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب

Alija Izetbegovi Bosnian, in Cyrillic Bosnian pronunciation alija iz tb it 8 August 1925 19 October 2003 was a Bosniak activist, lawyer, author, philosopher and politician, who, in 1990, became the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina He served in this role until 1996, when he became a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving until 2000 He was also the author of several books, most notably Islam Between East and West and the Islamic Declaration.Izetbegovi was born in the town of Bosanski amac, situated in the north of Bosnia he was one of five children born to a distinguished but impoverished family descended from former Ottoman aristocrats from Belgrade who fled to Bosnia after Serbia gained independence from the Ottoman Empire His grandfather, Alija, was the mayor of Bosanski amac While grandfather Alija was a soldier in sk dar, he married a Turkish woman called S d ka Han m After marriage they moved to amac and had 5 children His father, an accountant, declared bankruptcy in 1927 and the family moved to Sarajevo Izetbegovi became closely involved in Bosniak society as he grew up during the 1930s and 1940s With a devoted family and Muslim upbringing, he received a secular education, eventually graduating from law school in Sarajevo At this time he also joined the Mladi Muslimani Young Muslims , a collaborationist party of Islamic renewal and youth group that aided refugees during the Second World War After the war Izetbegovi was arrested in 1946 and sentenced to 3 years in prison on charges of collaborationist and anti communist activities Once free, he earned a law degree at Sarajevo University and remained engaged in politics.