News archive on the topic "Izetbegovic"

The head of the Islamist Democratic Action Party (SDA), Bakir Izetbegovic, called on Islamic countries to protect the Bosniaks from “persecution and humiliation.” The Islamist also accused the West of removing his party from power in the country, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Having lost last year in the elections for the post of member of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the pro-Western liberal Denis Becirovic, Bakir Izetbegovic saw this by no means...

The unofficial Bosniak leader, head of the oldest Islamist Democratic Action Party (SDA), Bakir Izetbegovic, reacted nervously to the words of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban about the problems that EU integration of BiH brings. Izetbegovich spoke about this on BIR TV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The SDA leader commented on Viktor Orban's words that “the problem will be the integration of two million Muslims...

Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik, reacting to Sarajevo’s rhetoric, said that relations between the state-forming peoples of the country should not be regulated by foreign armies. This was reported by RTRS, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Bakir Izetbegovic [the leader of the largest Bosniak Democratic Action Party - SDA, and the unofficial leader of the community] decided to lead everything that is possible, he controls the Constitutional Court, the courts, ...

Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik reacted to the proposal of Bosniak leader Bakir Izetbegovic to add new amendments to the BiH Criminal Code introducing criminal penalties for denying the massacres of Serbs in the Ustashe concentration camp Jasenovac. Dodik said that he would not discuss a single issue until the discriminatory amendments to the Serbs in the Criminal Code of ex-High Representative Valentin Inzko were repealed.…

The leader of Bosniak's most established Islamist Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Bakir Izetbegovic, called the Serbs "genocidalists" and said he would not allow them to rule part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was reported by RTRS, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In an interview with the Sarajevo TV channel, O Izetbegovic said that the peaceful disintegration of BiH is impossible and he himself is ready to lead his people in the event of war. "I…

The main Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and its leader Bakir Izetbegovic refuse to accept the report of the Independent International Commission on the suffering of Serbs in Sarajevo in the 90s. This was reported by Politika, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The report, prepared by six foreign experts under the leadership of Hebrew University professor and expert on Islamism Rafael Israeli, caused indignation among the Bosniak elite. The SDA stated that...

On the 17th anniversary of the death of the leader of the Bosniak separatists and Islamists Aliya Izetbegovic, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an emotional entry on Twitter in his honor, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Erdogan tweeted a photo of the late Izetbegovic, captioning it “With gratitude, respect and sadness.” And also with the phrase: “Life is a game that no one can win except...

The unofficial leader of the Bosniak community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, head of the oldest conservative-Islamist Party of Democratic Action, Bakir Izetbegovic, said that “the Armenian side bears full responsibility for the outbreak of the conflict in Azerbaijan.” Tanyug reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are deeply concerned about the situation in Azerbaijan after the artillery attacks on Armenian forces,” Izetbegovic said. – According to international law, the Nagorno-Karabakh region belongs to the territory...

The leader of the largest Bosniak Party of Democratic Action and the de facto leader of the Muslim community in BiH said that he “foresaw” a bloody civil war back in 1986. Bakir Izetbegovic told the Bosnian Islamic MTV IGMAN about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In 1986, I started telling people that there would be a war in BiH,” Bakir Izetbegovic opened up, without thinking about the fact that...

On the next anniversary of the destruction of the Bosnian village of Ahmici by a Bosnian Croat unit, Sarajevo leaders finally complained about the selectivity of the Hague “justice”. This was reported by the Bosnian media, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The representative of the Bosniak community in the Presidium of BiH, Šefik Daferović, and the nominal leader of Bosnian Muslims, the head of the largest Bosniak Party of Democratic Action, Bakir Izetbegović, took part in mourning ceremonies for...

Bosnian Islamist Bakir Izetbegovic allowed himself offensive remarks against Serbs living in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). At the same time, in a defiant tone he allowed the disappearance of the Republika Srpska itself, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is nothing Serbian in this state, except for the name Republika Srpska, and I don’t know whether it will remain,” Izetbegovic said in a congratulatory speech...

Bosnian paramilitary organizations are conducting war games on the territory of Republika Srpska (an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina), the scenario of which indicates plans to attack the Serbs. In August and September of this year, war games called “Capture of Vlašić” and “Attack on Cazin” (populated areas in Republika Srpska), sponsored by Airsoft Club and “Lilium Bosniakum”, took place in Republika Srpska…