Formation | 1903 |
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Founders |
Osman Đikić Safvet-beg Bašagić Edhem Mulabdić |
Defunct | 1941 |
Headquarters | Sarajevo |
Gajret was a cultural society established in 1903 that promoted Serb identity among the Slavic Muslims of Austria-Hungary (today's Bosnia and Herzegovina). [1] The organization was pro- Serb.
After the 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand leadership of the association was interned in Arad. [2]
The organization viewed that the South-Slavic Muslims were Serbs lacking ethnic consciousness. [3] The view that South-Slavic Muslims were Serbs is probably the oldest of three ethnic theories among the Bosnian Muslims themselves. [4] After the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian Muslims, feeling threatened by Catholic Habsburg rule, established several organizations. [4] These included, apart from Gajret, the Muslim National Organization (1906) and the United Muslim Organization (1911). [4] In 1912, after the death of Osman Đikić, the editing of Gajret was entrusted to Avdo Sumbul. [5]
Gajret's main rival was the pro-Croat Muslim organization Narodna Uzdanica, [6] established in 1924. [3] In interwar Yugoslavia, members experienced persecution at the hands of non-Serbs due to their political inclinations. [7] In this period association run a number of student dormitories in Mostar, Sarajevo, Belgrade and Novi Pazar. [2]
During World War II, the association was dismantled by the Independent State of Croatia. [8] Some members, non-Communists, joined or collaborated with the Yugoslav Partisans (such as M. Sudžuka, Z. Šarac, H. Brkić, H. Ćemerlić, and M. Zaimović [9]). Ismet Popovac and Fehim Musakadić joined the Chetniks.
In 1945, a new Muslim organization, Preporod, was founded in order to replace the pro-Serb Gajret and pro-Croat Narodna Uzdanica. [10] The former organizations voted for and were merged into Preporod. [10] In 1996 it was reestablished as a Bosniak cultural association. [7]
Formation | 1903 |
---|---|
Founders |
Osman Đikić Safvet-beg Bašagić Edhem Mulabdić |
Defunct | 1941 |
Headquarters | Sarajevo |
Gajret was a cultural society established in 1903 that promoted Serb identity among the Slavic Muslims of Austria-Hungary (today's Bosnia and Herzegovina). [1] The organization was pro- Serb.
After the 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand leadership of the association was interned in Arad. [2]
The organization viewed that the South-Slavic Muslims were Serbs lacking ethnic consciousness. [3] The view that South-Slavic Muslims were Serbs is probably the oldest of three ethnic theories among the Bosnian Muslims themselves. [4] After the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian Muslims, feeling threatened by Catholic Habsburg rule, established several organizations. [4] These included, apart from Gajret, the Muslim National Organization (1906) and the United Muslim Organization (1911). [4] In 1912, after the death of Osman Đikić, the editing of Gajret was entrusted to Avdo Sumbul. [5]
Gajret's main rival was the pro-Croat Muslim organization Narodna Uzdanica, [6] established in 1924. [3] In interwar Yugoslavia, members experienced persecution at the hands of non-Serbs due to their political inclinations. [7] In this period association run a number of student dormitories in Mostar, Sarajevo, Belgrade and Novi Pazar. [2]
During World War II, the association was dismantled by the Independent State of Croatia. [8] Some members, non-Communists, joined or collaborated with the Yugoslav Partisans (such as M. Sudžuka, Z. Šarac, H. Brkić, H. Ćemerlić, and M. Zaimović [9]). Ismet Popovac and Fehim Musakadić joined the Chetniks.
In 1945, a new Muslim organization, Preporod, was founded in order to replace the pro-Serb Gajret and pro-Croat Narodna Uzdanica. [10] The former organizations voted for and were merged into Preporod. [10] In 1996 it was reestablished as a Bosniak cultural association. [7]