INSTITUTE PUBLICATION TO BE PRESENTED IN SARAJEVO ON THURSDAY: “TRACES OF DESTRUCTION – DESTROYED AND DAMAGED MOSQUES IN THE BOSANSKA KRAJINA REGION, 1992–1995, AND THEIR RECONSTRUCTION”

The book Traces of Destruction – Destroyed and Damaged Mosques in the Bosanska Krajina Region, 1992–1995, and Their Reconstruction, authored by Prof. Dr. Mujo Begić and Davor Midžić, will be presented on Thursday, 22 October 2026, at 7 p.m. at Gazi Husrev-beg’s Hamam – the Adil Zulfikarpašić Bosniak Institute Foundation in Sarajevo.

The book will be presented by Dr. Muamer Džananović, Director of the University of Sarajevo’s Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law; Muhamed Jusić, MA, Director of the Directorate for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Riyasat of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Prof. Dr. Amir Duranović, Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo; and Dr. Jasmin Medić, Senior Research Associate at the University of Sarajevo’s Institute of History. The event will be moderated by Dr. Medina Mehmedović-Mulalić.

In addition to the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law, the event is being organised by the Adil Zulfikarpašić Bosniak Institute Foundation and the Directorate for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Riyasat of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The book is a publication of the University of Sarajevo’s Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law. Based on years of systematic, empirically grounded research, it documents the scale of the destruction and damage inflicted on religious buildings in the Bosanska Krajina region between 1992 and the end of 1995, as well as the process of their post-war reconstruction.

According to the findings presented in the book, of the 248 mosques that existed in the Bosanska Krajina region in 1992, a total of 208, or 83.7 per cent, were completely destroyed or sustained varying degrees of damage.

The authors based their research on archival materials, fieldwork, testimonies, relevant academic literature, forensic expert reports and extensive photographic documentation. The book thus provides insight into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of religious buildings, as well as the historical, demographic, social and political context of the areas where the crimes were committed.