Croatian Muslims - Croatian Imams, Dafer-Beg Kulenovi?, Asaf Durakovi?, Muhamed Zuli?, Nahid Kulenovi?, Ismet Mufti? (Paperback)

Chapters: Croatian Imams, Dafer-Beg Kulenovi?, Asaf Durakovi?, Muhamed Zuli?, Nahid Kulenovi?, Ismet Mufti?. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dr. Dafer-beg Kulenovi (1891 - 1956) was the Vice President of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. He also became President of Yugoslav Moslem Organization, the largest Bosniak political party at the time, following the death of Dr. Mehmed Spaho in 1939. Kulenovi was born in Rajnovii on February 17, 1891. He served as president of the Yugoslav Moslem Organization and was a minister in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's government before the Second World War. He became the vice-president of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) on November 7, 1941 and held the position to war's end. He had actually succeeded his older brother Osman Kulenovi in this position. After the fall of the NDH, Kulenovi immigrated to Syria. He lived there until his death on October 3, 1956 in Damascus. While in Syria, the Croats in Argentina published a collection of his journalistic writings. In 1950, the Bosniak Community in Chicago published a speech he wrote for the Muslim Congress following World War Two in Lahore, Pakistan. This twenty-two page pamphlet entitled "A Message of Croat Moslems to Their Religious Brethren in the World" detailed Serb aggression against Croatians of Islamic faith and promoted the idea of Croat unity. Only a few months before his death, the Croatian Liberation Movement was formed, with Dr. Kulenovi being one of the founders and signatories. His son Nahid Kulenovi continued working with this Movement, but was assassinated by the Yugoslavia secret police, UDBA, in Munich. Dr. Kulenovi was one of the highest ranking Muslims in the NDH. His grandson also named Dafer, is now one of the main Bo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3938533