Resolution of Sarajevo Muslims

The Resolution of Sarajevo Muslims or Muslim Resolution of 1941 was one of the Resolutions of Muslims from <a href="/facts/Bosnia_(region)/YrS73zv6">Bosnia</a> and <a href="/facts/Herzegovina/QAS9Stcr">Herzegovina</a> (then parts of the <a href="/facts/Independent_State_of_Croatia/UgYw4UQ5">Independent State of Croatia</a>) declared by 108 notable Muslim citizens of <a href="/facts/Sarajevo/IzawfJRg">Sarajevo</a> during the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a> in <a href="/facts/Sarajevo/IzawfJRg">Sarajevo</a> on October 12, 1941.
The resolution was prompted by the <a href="/facts/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia/MpUszHrJ">genocide of Serbs</a> organized by <a href="/facts/Usta%25C5%25A1e/tCmJ9INJ">Ustaše</a> wearing "the fez as a Muslim symbol" and by the consequent response of Serb <a href="/facts/Chetniks/phtXNRLg">Chetniks</a> who persecuted <a href="/facts/Muslims/W2ukq4pg">Muslims</a> believing they were responsible for the crimes of Ustaše. The text of this resolution was based on the resolution of the assembly of el-Hidaje (an association of <a href="/facts/Ulama/7vMcAgBV">ulama</a> from Bosnia and Herzegovina) held on August 14, 1941.
By signing the resolution, notable Muslims from Sarajevo condemned the persecution of Serbs, distanced themselves from the Muslims who participated in such atrocities and protested against attempts to blame the entire Bosnian Muslim population for the crimes of the Ustaše. Additionally, they requested that the government of the Independent State of Croatia provide security for all the puppet state's subjects regardless of their identity, to punish those who were responsible for the atrocities and to help those who suffered during them. The authors of the resolution were <a href="/facts/Mehmed_Hand%25C5%25BEi%25C4%2587/kv7qXIDu">Mehmed Handžić</a> and Kasim Dobrača.

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Resolution of Sarajevo Muslims