The culture history of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina

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Information on Cultural Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina
By Andras Riedlmayer and compiled by the Council of Europe, 9 February 1995. The word “ethnic cleansing” is now in fashion, but it goes hand in hand with another kind of cleansing—cultural cleansing.
Some Religious Dimensions of Genocide
By Michael Sells, May 1995. Excerpt from Common Era: Best New Writings on Religion (White Cloud Press, 1995). Religion (despite frequent denials) is indeed a powerful and operative element in Bosnian genocide. While it would be wrong to equate genocide in Bosnia with the Holocaust, it is equally wrong to ignore the moral implications of genocide in Europe, against a non-Christian population.