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Religous Dimensions of Genocide in Bosnia
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Ethnic Cleansing is a form of genocide. It is a ritual that is still being practiced in Bosnia. It consists of attacks on settlements, mass killings, torture, rape, and starvation. The victims have primarily been Muslim civilians with casualties totaling 200,000. The violence can be attributed to the defeat and killing of Prince Lazar in Kosovo by the Turkish people. This event took place in 1389. Lazar is looked upon as a Christ like figure by the Serbian’s. A play written by Prince Bishop Petar the II called The Mountain Wreath, glorifies the mass killings of the killings of Muslims as well as the defeat of Islam. It also talks about people who convert to Islam being the responsible for the death of the Prince Lazar. In 1989 on the anniversary of the play the battle for Kosovo which main theme is the extermination of Slavic Muslims and race betrayal. A million Serbian’s came to Kosovo to honor it. Religious organizations and churches in the region have ignored the issue surrounding the mass killings. In fact some have blessed armies that have returned from “kill and plunder expeditions.” The city of Zvornick celebrated the fact that the city was now one hundred percent free.
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