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The article discusses the self-perceptions and outside images of the Bosnian Muslim Community by looking at a selection of recent scholarly works on the topic. The emerging picture is one of conflicting and shifting (self)perceptions. To some, this community is a source of hope and inspiration, and to others, it is a source of concern. In the aftermath of genocide, the community itself is uncertain about its future and its place in the hearts and minds of its neighbors and global community.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina has always been a multi-religious polity. While inter-religious relations were not always easy, the heterogeneity seems to be inherent to Bosnia. Significant resources were invested in the 1990s to alter that reality. The damage has been done but efforts have been made by various local and international actors to repair it. This article offers a brief account of the history of formal inter-religious dialogue in Bosnia, its main actors, and features. Major issues, types of dialogue, accomplishments and challenges lying ahead are also considered.

Preliminary Material -- Islams in Europe: Satellites or a Universe Apart? /Jonathan Laurence -- Albania /Olsi Jazexhi -- Armenia /Sevak Karamyan -- Austria /Kerem Öktem -- Azerbaijan /Altay Goyushov -- Belarus /Daša Słabčanka -- Belgium /Jean-François Husson -- Bosnia and Herzegovina /Aid Smajić and Muhamed Fazlović -- Bulgaria /Aziz Nazmi Shakir -- Croatia /Dino Mujadžević -- Cyprus /Ali Dayıoğlu and Mete Hatay -- Czech Republic /Štěpán Macháček -- Denmark /Brian Arly Jacobsen -- Estonia /Ringo Ringvee -- Finland /Teemu Pauha -- France /Anne-Laure Zwilling -- Georgia /Thomas Liles and Bayram Balci -- Germany /Mathias Rohe -- Greece /Konstantinos Tsitselikis and Alexandros Sakellariou -- Hungary /Esztella Csiszár -- Iceland /Kristján Þór Sigurðsson -- Ireland /Colette Colfer -- Italy /Stella Coglievina -- Kosovo /Driton Morina -- Latvia /Simona Gurbo -- Lithuania /Egdūnas Račius -- Luxembourg /Elsa Pirenne and Lucie Waltzer -- Malta /Martin R. Zammit -- Moldova /Aurelia Felea -- Montenegro /Sabina Pačariz -- Netherlands /Martijn de Koning -- Norway /Sindre Bangstad and Olav Elgvin -- Poland /Agata S. Nalborczyk -- Portugal /José Mapril -- Romania /Irina Vainovski-Mihai -- Russia /Elmira Akhmetova -- Serbia /Ivan Ejub Kostić -- Slovakia /Jaroslav Drobný -- Slovenia /Christian Moe -- Spain /Jordi Moreras -- Sweden /Göran Larsson -- Switzerland /Mallory Schneuwly Purdie and Andreas Tunger-Zanetti -- Turkey /İştar Gözaydın -- Ukraine /Mykhaylo Yakubovych -- United Kingdom /Asma Mustafa.