Written by: Elma Geca, PHOTO FENA / Elma Geca
Organized by the Rijaset of the Islamic Community (IZ) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Mufti of Goražda, the round table "Crimes in Podrinje 1992-1995" was held today in the Islamic Cultural Center in Goražde. year", in which it was emphasized that it is high time to speak openly about every crime and criminal.
The keynote speakers were Mufti Remzija of Goraždan ef. Pitić and director of the Directorate for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Rijaset Islamic Community Razim Čolić.
"Our people remember the experience of oppression in these areas for more than two centuries, and for the first time we are talking about what happened to us, considering that we had periods when no one was allowed to say anything. Now we have the opportunity based on facts, facts and established truths to talk about ourselves and what happened to us, for the reason that we fought to have the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina," Muftija Pitić said.
- With this move, the Islamic community has shown that it stands carefully by its people and is doing everything on its part so that the facts about the crime, genocide and crime against humanity that have been committed throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina become known and clear and are clearly discussed - said the mufti of Gorazdan Remzija ef. Pitić.
Razim Čolić, director of the Directorate for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Rijaset Islamic Community, pointed out the need to constantly point out the crime that happened in these areas.
"Our decision is to talk about the genocide in BiH, because we feel that this topic is less represented. We will do this until we reach every place in BiH where crimes have been committed, trying to talk about it not only as a phenomenon but also as concrete things that happened, without amnestying a single nation, because a crime is a crime and we want to condemn it. ", said Colic.
In the first session, the topic "Elimination of the Drina as a border" with emphasis on the continuity of Serbian nationalist politics was spoken by respected historian Jasmin Medić, while the topic "Genocide against Bosniaks in Podrinja 1992-1995" was discussed thirty years later by a long-time expert from the Research Institute crimes against humanity and international law, University of Sarajevo Muamer Džananović.
The second session was opened with the topic "We remember Višegrad - crimes against Bosniaks in 1992. and 1993" which was discussed by Ermin Kuka from the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo.
Almir Grabovica, also from the Institute for the Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, and Hikmet Karčić, on behalf of the Institute for the Islamic Tradition of Bosniaks, spoke on the topics "Crimes in the area of Rogatica municipality 1992-1995" and "Genocide memorialization in Podrinje; situation and perspectives".
The gathering was organized as part of the commemoration of the anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica and the crimes in Prijedor and the Sana Valley.
