Ferhadija Mosque Banjaluka Serb nationalists attack May 7, 2001

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Ferhat-Pasha Mosque (Bosnian: Ferhat-pašina džamija, Turkish: Ferhad Paşa Camii) or more widely known as Ferhadija Mosque was a central building of the city of Banja Luka and one of the most successful achievements of the Ottoman and Islamic architecture of the 16th century Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The mosque was built in 1579 in a classical Ottoman style by an unknown architect apprentice of Mimar Sinan. It was commissioned by the Bosnian Sanjak-bey Ferhat-paša Sokolović. The Ferhadija mosque complex also included three small adjacent mausoleums carrying tombs of Ferhat-paša Sokolović, his granddaughter Safi-kaduna and his ensign, a central fountain called Shaderwan, Stone and wrought iron fence with the small fountain on the corner, and an old graveyard in the back. A later addition to the complex was a near-by clock tower Sahat-Kula. Built in a modest scale as it was common for structures of this type in Bosnia and Herzegovina the mosque was 18 meters (59 ft) in width and 14 meters (46 ft) in length while the main dome was 18 meters (59 ft) high. The minaret was 43 m (141 ft) high.

Ferhadija was listed as a cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1950 and was subsequently protected by UNESCO until its destruction in 1993. The site and the remains of the mosque today are listed as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The mosque was demolished by explosives on May 7, 1993 by the Serb militia that also razed to the ground the minaret that survived the first night explosion. The demolition was organized by the authorities of the Republika Srpska which included the demolition of the entire Ferhadija complex and Arnaudija mosque complex that were just approximately 800 m (2,625 ft) distant from each other. Both mosques were destroyed in the same night just within the time frame of 15 minutes.

The remains of the destroyed mosques were taken to the city dump while some stone pieces and ornamental details were crushed by Serbs and used as a landfill. The leveled site was later used as a parking lot. Several weeks after the destruction of Ferhadija a near-by one of the oldest clock towers in Europe Sahat Kula was also destroyed. It is noted that large amount of explosives and extensive coordination was employed in destruction of Ferhadija and Arnaudija mosques (blown up almost simultaneously) and many believe that this would not have been possible without involvement of city and entity authorities.

A building permit was granted in 2001 to the Islamic Community of Banja Luka (Islamska Zajednica Banjaluke) to reconstruct the mosque. However, recent attempts to reconstruct the Ferhadija mosque resulted in mass riots by Serb nationalists on May 7, 2001. Some 4,000 Serb rioters stoned a group of three hundred Bosniaks, participants of the ceremony commemorating the laying of the cornerstone for the reconstruction, at least eight of whom were taken to the Banja Luka hospital for medical treatment. One of the Bosniaks died on May 26, 2001 of head injuries. The ceremony of placing the cornerstone was completed few days later in secrecy and under a heavy security. The reconstruction following the riots was not carried out.

The choice of the date for laying the cornerstone was selected on the 8th anniversary of the mosque's destruction which is also an official "Day of the Mosques" in Bosnia and Herzegovina selected in memory of the destroyed Ferhadija mosque.

Most of the mosques destroyed in Banja Luka in the Ferhadija mosque is today listed as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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[ljubisacisko]

Jebo te SFOR !

[Smalinjo]

Да ли господин жели да зна да има Срба који су против овога

[miRnesBHFA]

Nek se Allah dzs.smilije na ove ovdje sto su bjesnili fasiticki olos koji se kriju iza krsta,ne sramotite vas krst,hriscanstvo je religija mira i dobrote kao Islam a ovdje niste to pokazali,blatite svoju vjeru sa ovim.

[bosram]

SRBIZAM=NACIZAM SERVI su zlocinacko genocidna furda i otpad covjecanstva.

[niho84]

kukala vam majka srbska

[Zakaria626]

Ovo stvarno ne sluzi na cast i samo blati citav jedan narod / sramota

Tako ne moze nijedan od tri naroda napred

[Syfonen]

Fucking nationalists, piece of shit.

[Mona666Lisa1]

@kidjo73 Hahaha...uskoro ces vidjeti koliko ste mocni...budes zalio kako zbog svojih rijeci tako i zbog dijela...

[MULALIC101]

Krenite srbi od Bosanskog novog do BJeljine dzamije na sve strane ,ljepše i novije nego prije rata.A bice i Ferhadija onakva kakva je bila iz istog kamena u centru Banja luke ce ezan da se čuje pet puta dnevno.

[edinthedarkrider]

Policija ma daaaj, to nije vidjelo policajca koji je dostojan znacke koju nosi!!!

[edinthedarkrider]

Policija ma daaaj, to nije vidjelo policajca koji je dostojan znacke koju nosi!!!

[cijedja]

ovo je cisti fasizam.