14th Sarajevo UN World Interfaith Harmony Week
The World Situation and Religious Plurality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
14th Sarajevo UN World Interfaith Harmony Week
5 February, 2026
International Forum Bosnia, Sarajevo
In response to the call issued by the General Assembly of the United Nations on October 20, 2010, International Forum Bosnia has organized a series of activities every year during the first full week of February to contribute to our appreciation of religious plurality and build trust across communities, under the title of Sarajevo UN World Interfaith Harmony Week. This year, the program will comprise a discussion of The World Situation and Religious Plurality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to take place on February 5 (Thursday) at the premises of International Forum Bosnia, starting at 12:30 p.m.
The Program
12:30 – 12:45 Opening
12:45 – 13:45 First table
Ivo Marković, Echoes of American Christian Nationalism here
Asim Zubčević, American foreign policy and the question of interfaith relations
Asim Delibašić, Bosnia and Herzegovina's religious plurality in the time of globally strengthening ethno-nationalism
Senadin Lavić, Xenophobia, Racism and Islamophobia
14:00 – 14:45 Second table
Desmond Maurer, The Transmigration of the One: Panentheism, the New Paganism, and the Flight to Charisma
Kadrija Hodžić, Ecology Beyond Division: Religious Pluralism and the Critique of Economic Growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sonja Dujmović, Women's forums – models of religious plurality in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up to 1941)
15:00 – 15:45 Third table
Edin Omerčić, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the political vision of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Krsto Mijanović, Bosnian Plurality and the Serbian Orthodox Church: Towards a Common European Good
Rusmir Mahmtućehajić, The Political Destruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Religious Plurality
15:45 – 16:00 Discussion and concluding remarks
The conference is open to all members and friends of the International Forum Bosnia, the media, and the general public.
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