Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik sparked outrage by urging local Muslims to \u201creturn to the Orthodox faith\u201d to resolve Bosnia\u2019s political crisis, TVP World reported. Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, claimed that Bosniaks converted to Islam under Ottoman coercion and that mass conversion back to Orthodoxy would make Bosnia a \u201cmajority Serb\u201d state able to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His remarks were condemned by Bosnian leaders as \u201cscandalous\u201d and \u201cdangerous,\u201d with critics linking them to policies that fueled ethnic cleansing and genocide during the 1990s war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Islamic Community in Bosnia accused Dodik of hate speech, citing his recent dehumanizing comments about Muslims. They called for prosecution to prevent further incitement of national and religious hatred. Dodik\u2019s actions, including resisting arrest by Bosnia\u2019s State Investigation Agency, have intensified fears of Republika Srpska moving toward secession, deepening the country\u2019s ongoing ethnic and political tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik sparked outrage by urging local Muslims to \u201creturn to the Orthodox faith\u201d to resolve Bosnia\u2019s political crisis, TVP World reported. Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, claimed that Bosniaks converted to Islam under Ottoman coercion and that mass conversion back to Orthodoxy would make Bosnia a \u201cmajority Serb\u201d state able to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":123543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[14008],"tags":[14009,14010],"class_list":["post-123542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bosnia","tag-bosnian-serb-leader","tag-re-conversion-of-muslims"],"yoast_head":"\n