This paper reviews the events that led to the establishment of Reforma-Organization of Progressive Muslims at the beginning of 1928, when a group of Bosnian Muslim intellectuals came together to launch this new initiative in Sarajevo, and its subsequent dissolution seven months later. This took place while the preparations for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Gajret, the most widely known Muslim cultural association in the country, were ongoing for September of that same year. The launch of Reforma, produced widespread discussions among different cultural, religious and political actors of the Bosnian Muslim society. The first months of 1928 then became an occasion to discuss the Bosnian Muslim position in the first Yugoslavia and, more generally, the role played by the different cultural, political and religious actors since 1878. This paper analyses the role and significance of this short lived organization, especially taking into consideration the articles published in the association's review. Thanks to its radical statements in the areas of education, economy, traditional customs, the position of women as well as questions of national identity, all of which generated much debate and even bitter polemic, Reforma left an original mark in Bosnian Muslim intellectual history.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSthese pages would have many more misprints without the careful and intelligent reading of Thalie Barnier and Edita Matkić.This book is the result of many research stays in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The list of archivists, librarians and museum curators who helped me when I was in the field is too long to be addressed here. Nevertheless I cannot avoid mentioning Mina Kujović, archivist and historian from the Bosnian State Archives, who generously shared with me her knowledge, books and friends. Also, the staff of the Bošnjački Institut -Fondacija Adil Zulfikarpašić, and in particular Amina Rizvanbegović-Džuvić, Narcisa Puljek-Bubrić and Darija Ciganković deserve my deepest gratitude for making me feel at home in their wonderful institute. Jasmina Cvjetić, Fuad Hasanagić and Adis Bjelanović were incredibly supportive friends, always ready to help with the tougher translations. Stimulating conversations with
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Fabio Giomi isResearch Fellow at CETOBaC in Paris. His research interests include voluntary associations and social movements, women and gender, Islam, and transnational studies in contemporary Southeastern Europe. His recent publications include Making Muslim women European. Voluntary associations, gender and Islam in post-Ottoman Bosnia and Yugoslavia (CEU Press, 2021) and Kemalism. Transnational Politics in the Post-Ottoman World (I.B. Tauris, 2019).
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