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Islam in Austria-Hungary
International Encyclopedia of the First World War, 1914-1918
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6-6-2019
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International Encyclopedia of the First World War, 1914-1918
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During the First World War, mobilizing Muslim soldiers and Islamic institutions became an important international concern for Austria-Hungary. This article looks at how the Habsburg Monarchy tried to regulate Muslim populations in Bosnia-Herzegovina after 1878 before considering a series of wartime Austro-Hungarian measures aimed at incorporating Muslim subjects.These ranged from recognizing Islam as a state religion to conscripting Muslim soldiers to fight on behalf of the Ottoman, Habsburg, and German empires.
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Hajdarpasic, Edin: Islam in Austria-Hungary , in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2019-06-06.
Author Posting © International Encyclopedia of the First World War, 1914-1918, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of International Encyclopedia of the First World War, 1914-1918 for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in International Encyclopedia of the First World War, 1914-1918, June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11372