Table of Contents

Introduction

I State religion law: General Contours

1 Freedom of Religion or Belief and State-Religion Relations: A Normative Framework

2 Freedom of Religion or Belief and its Limitations

3 Relations between the State and Religious Communities

II Law, State and Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thematic Studies

4 Religious Rights in Specialized Regulatory Contexts

5 Legal Status of Religious Communities

6 Autonomy of Religious Communities

7 Property and Finances of Religious Communities

8 Religious Symbols and Festivals in the Public Space

9 Marriage and Divorce: The Interaction of State Law and Religious Norms

Conclusion

About the Author

Nedim Begović is an associate professor and vice dean for quality assurance at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, where he teaches courses on Religion and Law, Islamic Law, and Research Methodology. As a Fulbright researcher, he spent academic year 2011/12 at UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago, the United States where he conducted research on religious freedom in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Emir Kovačević works as a lawyer in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he has been running his law office since 1999. As a legal representative of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he actively participated in the work of the Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2019. Since 2016, he has been a member of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief.