The Bosniaks, or less commonly Bosniacs, (Bosnian:Bošnjaci/Бошњаци, pronounced[boʃɲǎːt͡si]; singular masculine: Bošnjak/Бошњак, feminine: Bošnjakinja/Бошњакиња) are a South Slavicnation and ethnic group inhabiting mainly homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina along with a native minority present in other countries of the Balkan Peninsula; especially in the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro (where Bosniaks form a regional majority), in Croatia, and in Kosovo. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic tie to the Bosnian historical region, traditional majority adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, common culture and Bosnian language. In the English-speaking world, Bosniaks are also frequently referred to as Bosnian Muslims or simply Bosnians, though the latter is also used to denote all inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina regardless of ethnic origin or to describe citizenship in the country.
There are well over two million Bosniaks living in the Balkans today, with an estimated additional million settled and living around the world. Several instances of ethnic cleansing and genocide by Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats have had a tremendous effect on the territorial distribution of the population. Partially due to this, a notable Bosniak diaspora exists in a number of countries, including Austria, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Turkey, Canada and the United States. Both within the region and throughout the world, Bosniaks are often noted for their unique culture, which has been influenced by both eastern and western civilizations and schools of thought over the course of their history.
Bosnians, a part of the Bosnian population that holds a distinct collective cultural identity - referred to "Bošnjaci" in the 19th century; citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina
I was nineteen when I came to town They called it the Summer of Love They were burning babies, burning flags The hawks against the doves I took a job in the steamie Down on Cauldrum Street And I fell in love with a laundry girl Who was working next to me Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing So fine a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child, oh she was running wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay And you wouldn't want me any other way" Brown hair zig-zag around her face And a look of half-surprise Like a fox caught in the headlights There was animal in her eyes She said, "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind" Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing So fine that I might crush her where she lay She was a lost child, she was running wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay And you wouldn't want me any other way" We busked around the market towns And picked fruit down in Kent And we could tinker lamps and pots And knives wherever we went And I said that we might settle down Get a few acres dug Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug She said "Oh man, you foolish man It surely sounds like hell You might be Lord of half the world You'll not own me as well" Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing So fine a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child, oh she was running wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay And you wouldn't want me any other way" We was camping down the Gower one time The work was pretty good She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost And I thought maybe we should We was drinking more in those days And tempers reached a pitch And like a fool I let her run With the rambling itch Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough Back on the Derby beat White Horse in her hip pocket And a wolfhound at her feet And they say she even married once A man named Romany Brown But even a gypsy caravan Was too much settling down And they say her flower is faded now Hard weather and hard booze But maybe that's just the price You pay for the chains you refuse Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing And I miss her more than ever words could say If I could just taste all of her wildness now If I could hold her in my arms today
Ekrem Bajrovic was sentenced on Friday to 12 years' imprisonment for his role in the beating, torture and killing of ethnic Albanian civilians who were fleeing towards Albania....
Ex-soldiers Bosko Uncanin, Dragan Despot and Marinko Miljevic were convicted of crimes against humanity for their participation in the wartime murders of at least 74 civilians in Velagici near Kljuc in June 1992 ....
In a retrial for murdering an elderly couple in Brod na Drini during the war in Bosnia in 1992, BelgradeHigherCourt again found Danko Vladicic guilty and sentenced him to nine years in prison ....
The Bosnian state court confirmed the verdict sentencing ten former soldiers to a total of 162 years in prison for participating in the mass execution of 24 Bosniak civilians in the Bosanski Novi area in June 1992 ....
Fadil Novalic, the former prime minister of the Bosniak-Croat federation, one of Bosnia's two entities, has started serving a four-year prison sentence for corruption in a case regarding the purchase ...
SARAJEVO -- A court in Bosnia-Herzegovina on February 29 sentenced a former member of the Bosnian Serb military to six years in prison for the rape of a Bosniak woman in the spring of 1992 shortly after war broke out in the country.
Three wartime Serb fighters pleaded not guilty to committing a crime against humanity for participating in an attack that left 20 Bosniak civilians dead in the Vlasenica area in June 1992 ....
Chetniks put Bosniaks in concentration camps ... The mass graves Chetniks created and filled with Bosniaks during those dark years are still being unearthed across the country today ... Bosniaks, and everyone ...
Ten former soldiers were sentenced to a total of 162 years in prison for participating in the mass execution of 24 Bosniak civilians in the Bosanski Novi area in June 1992 ....
