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Musliman (or plural Muslimani) was the name of the ethnic
community (nation) that is now called Bosniaks, used after the
WWII until early 1990's. In short, before WWII the people of
Bosnia of Islamic faith were considered either Croats or Serbs
(depend who considere them and when, and often in what context),
and it seems that they temselves accepted such
"clasification" for the most part. During the WWII the
Ustasha movemnet Indepednedt State of Croatia considered them
exclusivly Croats, only differning in fiath), but the Tito's
movement allowed then separate expression of the national
feeling, and IIRC in 1974 contitutional canages they were given a
separate national name as "Muslimani" (flag related:
the CoA of Yugoslavia changed from five torches reprsenting 5
naionas to 6 in 1963, but now the 6 represented the 6 republics -
however the change was not without the influence of the formation
of this "new" nation). As the religious determination
was quite appropriate for the national one, in late 1980's and
early 1990's the name was often quoted as "Bosnian
Muslims" especially in foreign sources who had troubles
understanding the ethnic problems here anyway. Gradually the term
Bosniak was introduced and letter accepted more or less by other
two Bosnian nations as the name for the third.
Zeljko Heimer, 18 March 2001
The flag is vert, fess argent, crescent outlined vert.
Zeljko Heimer, 14 November 1995
I am reasonably sure I saw this flag in 1992 being used by
Muslims in the Croat Army in the Karlovac sector. At the same
time there was a shrine in the main square in Zagreb to the
victims of Serb aggression. The flags of the victims including
the flags of Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary (I think) and this green
flag representing the Muslims - presumably the Bosnian flag
hadn't been finalized at this time.
Stuart Notholt, 15 November 1995
I am fairly sure that the flag that could be both in Zagreb at
that time was the SDA flag similar to
this one but with the white borders up and down. However, the
flag is surely unofficial, so I shouldn't wonder to see
variations of it.
As of Bosnian flag, I supose you are right. I don't recolect when
this came into use, but I know that in first issue of banknotes
in Sarajevo, the old coat of arms of Bosnia was used (hand with
sabre), and that was in July 1992. Later issues (Jan 1993, Aug
1992, and Aug 1994) have the new arms with fleurs de lys. So we
can conclude out of this that the new flag came in use in the
second half of 1992.
Zeljko Heimer, 17 November 1995