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Some disputable questions from contemporary Moslem-Bosniac historiography

Jedan od uzroka teškog položaja hrvatskoga naroda u Bosni i Hercegovini leži i u aktivnostima pojedinih bošnjačkih historiografa. Naime jedan dio njih kao i povjesničara književnosti i kulture, a osobito publicista i javnih djelatnika, tijekom posljednjih dvadesetak godina uporno plasira tezu o Muslimanima, odnosno Bošnjacima - muslimanima, sad Bošnjacima, kao temeljnom narodu u Bosni i Hercegovini, a o ovoj zemlji kao prvenstveno njihovoj državi. Argumentaraju to tobožnjom činjenicom da su oni autohtoni narod u njoj, odnosno da su oni potomci Ilira, odnosno Posena, Basana - Bosena, odnosno Bathiata, dok su drugi navodno, samo doseljenici iz novijega vremena a time i s reduciranim pravom na suverenitet u njoj. Nadalje, pojedinci među njima plasiraju i izuzetno pogubne ideje o genocidu koji se nad njima tobože provodi još od 1203., odnosno od 17. st. Oni i na taj način, naročito Hrvatima - katolicima, osporavaju pravo na ovu zemlju. Odgovor stručne javnosti, posebice one hrvatske, niti je jasan niti adekvatan.

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croats; Muslims-Bosniacs; historiography

One of the reasons for the hard position of the Croatian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are activities of contemporary Bosniac historiographers. To be more precise, part of Bosniac historiographers, historians of literature and culture and especially journalists and public workers have been, in the course of the last two decades, emphasizing the thesis about Moslems, that is Bosniac Moslems who are now called Bosniacs, as the primary people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the country being primarily theirs. They arguments this by the alleged fact that they are the indigenous people in the country by claiming they are the descendants of the Illyrians, namely the peoples called the Poseni, Basanes - Bosenes, or Bachtiates, while other peoples are being treated like settlers in more recent times, which resulted in their reduced right to sovereignity in the country. Furthermore, some of them claim extremely fatal ideas about the genocide whicha has ben perfomed on them ever since 1203. In this way as well, they deny especialy Catholic Croats the right to this country. The response of the members of the branch is neither clear nor adequate.