BOSNIAN ISLAM COMMUNITY HEAD CALLS FOR SPIRITUAL AND MORAL REVIVAL

SARAJEVO, Dec 4 (Hina) - The head of the Islam community in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Mustafa Ceric, on Thursday called on all Bosnian Muslims to assist with the moral and spiritual revival of the society in which they live, because otherwise there would be no permanent recuperation from war events. #L# Leading a traditional prayer service in Sarajevo's mosque on the occasion of the Bayram, Ceric said that all Muslims who had fasted during the Ramadan month now had to use their revived strength for personal rebirth and strengthening of moral values in the society. Ceric said that all true faithful should show that the Islam was a faith which advocated tolerance and goodness, which is a foundation for the establishment of a multi-ethnic society such as Bosnia. He described as unacceptable the increasingly radical interpretation of the Islam "imported" into Bosnia, which imposes new and previously unknown customs to Bosnian Muslims, at the same time forbidding the practising of customs which were part of their tradition for centuries. Ceric harshly denounced all those who advocate and implement terrorism on behalf of Islam, stressing that this was a dangerous abuse of faith which had no foundation in the Book of Kur'an. (hina) lml