Dictionary of Bosnian Islamic Terms

The present dictionary used a variety of sources comprising a corpus based upon 2615 articles from major contemporary Islamic periodicals and newspapers, various renditions of the Qur'an, studies in Islamic theology, obituaries from general daily papers, relevant Wikipedia articles, general and specialized dictionaries. All terms and proper names that are relevant in Islamic practice and theology are included in the present dictionary. This includes the terms describing religious practices, codes of conduct and morality, theological terms, major segments and characters from Islamic holy books, main works of Islamic architecture in Bosnia, and major proponents of Islam. All terms were attested in the aforementioned sources. The idea of the selection process was to enable English-speaking users to read contemporary Bosnian Islamic texts.

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Danko Šipka is a faculty member with the School of International Letters and Cultures.