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Husein Kavazović was born July 3, 1964, in Jelovče Selu. He is a Bosnian Islamic cleric and the new Bosnian Grand Mufti. He is the successor of Mustafa Cerić.
  
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== Professional Career ==
  
Husein Kavazović was born July 3, 1964, in Jelovče Selu. He is a Bosnian Islamic cleric and the new Bosnian Grand Mufti. He is the successor of Mustafa Cerić.  
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He first worked as an imam and hen served as mufti of Tulza between 19993 to 2012. He is an elected member of the Isalmic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina and member of the Council. In addition, he has been heavily involved in a number of projects on education, introducing religious education in primary and seconday school, founding the Tuzla summer institute in cooperation with Cornell University, and implementing English seminars in cooperation with the US Embassy in Sarajevo and the Ministry of Eudcation Science, Culture and Sport. He has also worked to restore libraries and mosques and helped with the care of displaced persons and refugees from eastern Bosnia.  
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Outside of his religious responsibilities and activism work, Kavazovic has remained involved in the academic world, participating in international Islamic conferences and contributing to various publications for the Isalmic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  
  
=== Education ===
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== Education ==
 
   
 
   
Mr. Husein Kavazović studied Islamic Law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo from 1985 to 1990.  
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Kavazovic studied Islamic Law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo from 1985 to 1990 and obtained a Master’s from the Faculty of Isalmic Studies in Sarajevo.
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== Further information ==
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKrytjDxVE An Interview with His Eminence Husein ef. Kavazovic at International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion, Rome, Italy, March 31st - April 3rd 2014]
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== External Links ==
  
=== Roles ===
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[http://www.dw.de/neuer-religi%C3%B6ser-f%C3%BChrer-f%C3%BCr-muslime-in-bosnien/a-16318405 DW - New Religious lLeaders for Muslims in Bosnia ]
  
Mr. Husein Kavazović is the newly elected Bosnian Grand Mufti since 2012 and serves a term of seven years. He is the 14th Bosnian Grand Mufti since 1882. Kavazović has written and been published for numerous newspapers and magazines of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the founders of the Center for Rehabilitation of addicts in Smolućoj which is near Lukavac. It is the first institution for rehabilitation that has been created to treat drug addicts in the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Furthermore, he has contributed his time to help renovate and construct more than seventy mosques, as well as help in the construction of the building of the Behram-beg Library in Tuzli. Kavazović has been actively engaged in inter-religious dialogue and fights against prejudice in the public discourse.  
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[http://www.rijaset.ba/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15334&Itemid=319 Rijaset ]
  
== External links and References ==
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[http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/ticker/Husein-Kavazovic-wird-neuer-bosnischer-Grossmufti;art449,972746 Nachrichten - Husein Kavazovic is new Bosnian Grand Mufti]
  
* http://www.dw.de/neuer-religi%C3%B6ser-f%C3%BChrer-f%C3%BCr-muslime-in-bosnien/a-16318405
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[http://islamska-zajednica.hr/interview/intervju-reisu-l-ulema-husein-ef-kavazovic Islamska zajednica]
* http://www.rijaset.ba/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15334&Itemid=319
 
* http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/ticker/Husein-Kavazovic-wird-neuer-bosnischer-Grossmufti;art449,972746
 
* http://islamska-zajednica.hr/interview/intervju-reisu-l-ulema-husein-ef-kavazovic
 

Latest revision as of 13:07, 11 August 2014

International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014 "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths" (Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)

Husein Kavazović was born July 3, 1964, in Jelovče Selu. He is a Bosnian Islamic cleric and the new Bosnian Grand Mufti. He is the successor of Mustafa Cerić.

Professional Career[edit]

He first worked as an imam and hen served as mufti of Tulza between 19993 to 2012. He is an elected member of the Isalmic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina and member of the Council. In addition, he has been heavily involved in a number of projects on education, introducing religious education in primary and seconday school, founding the Tuzla summer institute in cooperation with Cornell University, and implementing English seminars in cooperation with the US Embassy in Sarajevo and the Ministry of Eudcation Science, Culture and Sport. He has also worked to restore libraries and mosques and helped with the care of displaced persons and refugees from eastern Bosnia. Outside of his religious responsibilities and activism work, Kavazovic has remained involved in the academic world, participating in international Islamic conferences and contributing to various publications for the Isalmic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Education[edit]

Kavazovic studied Islamic Law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo from 1985 to 1990 and obtained a Master’s from the Faculty of Isalmic Studies in Sarajevo.

Further information[edit]

An Interview with His Eminence Husein ef. Kavazovic at International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion, Rome, Italy, March 31st - April 3rd 2014

External Links[edit]

DW - New Religious lLeaders for Muslims in Bosnia

Rijaset

Nachrichten - Husein Kavazovic is new Bosnian Grand Mufti

Islamska zajednica