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Husein Smajić

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حسين سمايتش

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Sarajevo

Bosnian scholar and official of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mufti of Sarajevo and a candidate for Reis-ul-ulema in the 2012 election, he served as deputy Reis-ul-ulema (naibu-reis) from 2012 to 2019 and represented the Community on the Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Roles
mufti · Scholar
Region
Anatolia
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Sarajevo

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    Sarajevo

    People and things also explored

    Ali-beg Firdus· Alija Izetbegović· Edhem Mulabdić· Edin Džeko· Fehim Spaho· Hamdija Kreševljaković· Husein Đozo· Ibrahim-beg Bašagić

    Sources

    • Deputy Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina — Serbian Wikipedia
    • Three Bosnian clerics qualify for Mufti race — Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), 9 September 2012
    • Husein ef. Smajic, candidate for Reis-ul-ulema: Work Programme 2012-2019 — Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Bosnian Religious Leaders Fill Political Void — Center for Islamic Pluralism, January 2013
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    Bosnian politician from Livno, founder and first president of the Muslim People's Organisation (1906) and first president of the Bosnian Diet (1910): a landowner of the old Livno captain family who led the movement for waqf and educational autonomy and died in office weeks after the Diet first convened.