Headscarves for women, or the hijab, is worn only by a minority of Bosniak women, or otherwise mostly for religious purpose (such as the çarşaf for prayer and going to the mosque).

Bosnia’s Open Arms: Hijabs and Acceptance In Bosnia, the hijab is not only allowed but also celebrated as a part of the country’s cultural and religious diversity. The freedom to wear a hijab is protected by the Bosnian Constitution, which guarantees religious freedom and the right to express one’s faith without discrimination.

2016年2月11日 · Hundreds of Muslim women wearing the traditional Muslim head scarf known as a hijab protest in Sarajevo on February 7. Bosnia-Herzegovina's supervising judicial authority has upheld a ban on...

2025年2月28日 · Historically, the hijab in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a personal choice, generally accepted as part of Muslim women’s cultural and religious expression. However, during the Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina rule (1945–1992), outward displays of religious symbols were restricted due to the state’s emphasis on secularism and socialism.

2016年2月8日 · Thousands of Muslims rallied in protest of a new law in Bosnia that forbids Muslim women from wearing the headscarf known as a hijab. A Bosnian high judicial council recently decided to ban all "religious signs" in the country's courts and legal institutions.

Based on fieldwork carried out in Sara-jevo, it looks at how people employ notions of culture and tradition when justifying what types of Islamic dress, if any, are compatible with Bosnian...

2016年2月7日 · About 2,000 women in Bosnia have protested against a ban on wearing Islamic headscarves in courts and other legal institutions. The ban includes all religious symbols but explicitly mentions...

2008年10月9日 · Bosnian women with hijab Zilka Spahić-Šiljak Is born 1968. in Zenica,she has finished Gazi Husrev-Bey's madrasah in Sarajevo.She graduated from theology and law, holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Democracy and did her doctorate thesis in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.

This document provides an executive summary of a master's thesis that examines Muslim identity and the use of hijab (headscarves) among Bosnian Muslim women in Sarajevo. The thesis explores how these women construct their identity as both Europeans and Muslims.

This essay observes contemporary Islamic dress practices in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a catalyst throwing into relief various tensions within Bosnian society – not only between Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats, but among Bosniaks themselves.