Balkan Islam, and in particular that of the former Yugoslavia, is plural because of its ethnic diversity. However, the collective perception does not see it that way, due to a double homogenisation (historical, then political). Since the Ottoman invasion and the long-term establishment of the Empire in the Balkans, the Muslim has been associated with the Turk. The majority of Muslims in the Balkans, who were local inhabitants converted to Islam, were also assimilated to Turks by way of extension. The second homogenisation, political this time, erased ethnicity in favour of religious affiliation and many Muslims in the former Yugoslavia chose this denomination during the population censuses from 1971.<\/p>\n
The aim of this paper is to analyse how the ‘same’ became ‘other’ by taking Islam, while this process of otherness did not take place for the same people belonging to other religions or churches in former Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n
Lecture given at the 3rd International Congress of the PLURIEL network, 23-27 May 2022 in Beirut. In partnership with the University of Saint Joseph of Beirut and La Sagesse University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24119,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"date_tournage":"","lieu":"","nature_evenement":"","vt_type":"Conf\u00e9rence","vt_yt_views":239},"video_collection":[860],"class_list":["post-24124","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","video_collection-congres-de-beyrouth-2021"],"date_tournage":"","yoast_head":"\n