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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)
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Some
200,000
Bosnian
Muslims
were killed
by the Serbs
in three
years, and
another 2
million
Muslims who
were forced
to flee their
homes had to
struggle to
survive under
terrible con-
ditions.

During World War II the region
was occupied by the Germans. The war
years saw 100,000 Muslims killed in at-
tacks on Bosnian towns and villages by
ultra-nationalist Serbian partisans
(Chetniks). The communists played an
important role in the resistance against
the Nazis, and when the war ended
they took over the country's adminis-
tration. The policy of oppression of
Muslims began anew when the com-
munists came to power. Islamic foun-
dations were taken over, mosques and
religious schools were seized, and an
intensive campaign of atheist propaganda began. As a result of this
pressure, one part of the Muslim population of Bosnia-Herzogovina
was forced to migrate to Turkey and other European countries.