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2 unusual facts about Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque


Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque

Haverford College Professor Michael A. Sells has accused the renovators (whose money came in large part from Saudi Arabia) of Wahhabism in the mosque.

During the Siege of Sarajevo, Serbian forces purposely targeted many centers of the city's culture, such as museums, libraries, and mosques, and fired on them generally.


Gazi Husrev-beg

In less than three years, he conquered the fortresses of Knin, Skradin and Ostrovica.

Šefko Omerbašić

He finished elementary school in his birthplace and went to Sarajevo where he entered high school, the Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa which he attended from 1956 until 1964.


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