2025

Muslim Communities and Religious Freedom in Slovenia

A chapter by Marinko Banjac and Anja Zalta in The Enduring Legacy of the Habsburg Islam Policy: Muslim Communities in Central and Southeast Europe (S. Adak and T. Schmidinger, eds., Edinburgh University Press, 2025).

The authors examine the situation of Muslim communities and religious freedom in Slovenia, setting it within the legacy of the Habsburg-era Islam policy and the broader context of Muslim communities in Central and Southeast Europe.

Chapitre de Marinko Banjac et d’Anja Zalta paru dans The Enduring Legacy of the Habsburg Islam Policy: Muslim Communities in Central and Southeast Europe (S. Adak et T. Schmidinger dir., Edinburgh University Press, 2025).

Les auteurs examinent la situation des communautés musulmanes et la liberté religieuse en Slovénie, en la replaçant dans l’héritage de la politique de l’islam de l’époque des Habsbourg et dans le contexte plus large des communautés musulmanes d’Europe centrale et du Sud-Est.

فصل بقلم مارينكو بانياتس وأنيا زالتا في كتاب The Enduring Legacy of the Habsburg Islam Policy: Muslim Communities in Central and Southeast Europe (تحرير س. أداك وت. شميدينغر، دار نشر جامعة إدنبرة، 2025).

يبحث المؤلفان وضع الجماعات المسلمة والحرية الدينية في سلوفينيا، ضمن إرث سياسة الإسلام في العهد النمساوي المجري والسياق الأوسع للجماعات المسلمة في وسط أوروبا وجنوب شرقها.

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