BELGRADE, March 24 (Hina) - Representatives of Bosniak institutions, parties and nongovernmental organisations in Serbia-Montenegro signed in Novi Pazar on Wednesday a joint declaration condemning the burning of mosques in Belgrade
and Nis, the attacks on all other religious buildings, and most vehemently slamming the recent violence in Kosovo, Belgrade's Radio B92 reported.
BELGRADE, March 24 (Hina) - Representatives of Bosniak institutions,
parties and nongovernmental organisations in Serbia-Montenegro signed
in Novi Pazar on Wednesday a joint declaration condemning the burning
of mosques in Belgrade and Nis, the attacks on all other religious
buildings, and most vehemently slamming the recent violence in Kosovo,
Belgrade's Radio B92 reported.#L#
The declaration voices concern about the renewed hate speech in public
statements and the media, and says the anti-Islamic campaign aimed at
equating Islam and terrorism is intolerable.
The Bosniaks of Serbia-Montenegro never were nor will ever be a
destabilising factor, they are a constructive factor on the road
towards democratisation and European integration, reads the
declaration.
Sandzak Mufti Muamer Zukorlic told Radio B92 after signing the
declaration that Serbia-Montenegro's authorities were obliged to
publicly guarantee that the lives, property, national, religious and
cultural identity of Bosniaks would be safe.
Mosques in Belgrade and Nis were set on fire on the night between
March 17 and 18 in protests over the clashes in Kosovo.
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