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\"Past<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bosnia<\/a>
Family members mourn over coffins in Srebrenica on July 9. One hundred thirty-six bodies found in mass grave sites in eastern Bosnia will be reburied on 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff\/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

This weekend marks 20 years since the Srebrenica massacre<\/a> \u2013 the killing of 7,000-8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces in a Bosnian town that had been designated a United Nations safe haven.<\/p>\n\n

The worst atrocity to take place in Europe since World War II<\/a>\u00a0occurred during a brutal three-year war following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The war was fought largely along ethno-religious lines<\/a>, among predominantly Orthodox Christian Serbs, Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats.<\/p>\n\n

The massacre continues to stir political passions today. On Wednesday, Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution<\/a> that would have condemned the action as a \u201ccrime of genocide\u201d; 10 other Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution.<\/p>\n\n

\"Muslims'<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

In 2010, Muslims made up about 45% of Bosnia-Herzegovina\u2019s population, a slightly smaller share than that of Christians (52%), according to Pew Research Center estimates<\/a>. And a Pew Research Center survey of Muslims<\/a> conducted in late 2011 found indications of both understanding and tension between Muslims and Christians in Bosnia-Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n

Of the 38 countries where the question was asked, Bosnia-Herzegovina is the only one outside of sub-Saharan Africa where at least half of Muslims (51%) say they know \u201csome\u201d or \u201ca great deal\u201d about Christian beliefs and practices<\/a>. A majority of Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina (59%) also say Islam and Christianity have a lot in common; Bosnian Muslims who say they know at least something about Christianity are considerably more likely than those with less knowledge to believe the two faiths have a lot in common.<\/p>\n\n

About one-in-five Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina (18%) say they attend interfaith meetings<\/a>, which were recently promoted by Pope Francis<\/a> during a trip to Sarajevo. Elsewhere in Southern and Eastern Europe, roughly one-in-ten or fewer Muslims say they attend such gatherings, including 6% in Kosovo and Albania and 8% in Russia.<\/p>\n\n

Amid these signs of interfaith tolerance and engagement, however, community divisions remain. Relatively few Bosnian Muslims count non-Muslims among their close friends<\/a>: Roughly nine-in-ten Bosnian Muslims (93%) say most, if not all, of their close friends share their faith.<\/p>\n\n

Similarly, few Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina are comfortable with the idea of their son or daughter marrying outside the faith. Fewer than one-in-five Bosnian Muslims say they would be comfortable with either a son (16%) or daughter (14%) marrying a Christian. Elsewhere in the region, openness to marrying outside the faith is higher<\/a>. For example, at least half of Muslims in Russia (52%) and Albania (77%) say they would be comfortable with their son marrying a Christian.<\/p>\n\n

Bosnia-Herzegovina had a high level of social hostilities involving religion in 2013, the most recent year analyzed, according to an ongoing series of reports<\/a> by the Pew Research Center. For example, in August 2013, three Serbs reportedly attacked four Muslims<\/a> on their way to mosque in the town of Zvornik on the holiday Eid al-Fitr.<\/p>\n\n

Correction: An earlier version of the map mislabeled Ukraine as Belarus.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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