Talk:Islam in Croatia

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Nice map, nice photo... but the article itself is not yet perfect. Some "facts" are fakes, for example the "Croatian" language in Istanbul. Of course, Croatians and Bosniaks speak the same language and write it in the same way today. But it does not mean that all Bosniaks are just Croatian Muslims, although Croatian nationalists like Pavelic said so. In Istanbul once "Bosniak" language instead of Croatian was popular because many Bosnians became Ottoman Grand Viziers. But of course Omar Pasha became a famous general...

And if we already look back in the history were are some territorial details? 1528 Slavonia was conquered by the Turkish, Dubrovnik subdued... 1592 Bihac (today Bosnia) and neighboured Croatian regions fall, 1606 and 1664 more territory became Turkish. Yes, Zagreb itself did never fall, but excepted Zagreb and Istria (once Venetian, not Croatian) almost 90% were occupied... no word about it?

And Croatians relations with the Bosniaks between World War II and Yugoslavia wars? Many things are still incomplete... even a correct chapter order is missing. --Roksanna 18:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Lets keep in mind that true croatians reject Islam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.14.1.170 (talk) 19:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I heard a story about a family of Crypto-Moslems from around Zadar....I know it sounds incredible....but apparently....after the Ottomans left the area....most Moslems either fled....or reverted to Catholicism (and sometimes...even Orthodoxy...they HAD to be Christian) and apparently....there was testimony of a grand daughter of a woman who practiced Islam in secret....right into the 20th century...and they had done so for over 200 years....while pretending to be faithful Catholics. The grand daughter of the last Moslem in the family shared this story with a Moslem cleric in Croatia...about....how her children decided that they did not want to maintain this tradition of practicing another religion in secret...and having a secret identity!Gospe (talk) 06:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)