ALIJA IZETBEGOVIĆ FOUNDATION
Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer and author, who in 1992 became the first President of the Presidency of the newly-independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“When I travel to Europe, I never walk with my head bowed, because we did not kill children, women or elderly and because we did not attack or demolish any place of worship.”
Alija Izetbegović
“Don’t seek revenge, but justice, however, by no means forget what happened.”
Alija Izetbegović
“Islam is, or should be, a permanent searching through history for a state of inner and outer balance.”
Alija Izetbegović
“I believe that the measure of freedom is the attitude towards minorities, and that the freedom of thought is first and foremost the right to think differently.”
Alija Izetbegović
“Education, too, can be inhuman: if it is one-sided, orchestrated, indoctrinated; if it does not teach one to think but serves ready-made solutions; if it merely prepares people for different functions instead of broadening their horizons and thereby their freedom.”
Alija Izetbegović
"We cannot be good Muslims unless we are good people."
Alija Izetbegović
“We should all ask ourselves what we have done to make this country stronger, better and suited to all its citizens.”
Alija Izetbegović
“For we should remember: the progress of Islam – like any other progress after all – will not come from the quiet and obedient, but from the brave and rebellious.”
Alija Izetbegović