FACULTIES ARE CARRYING OUT THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY CREATED AND OBSERVED BY THE RIYASET

Interview with Prof. Dr. Dževad Hodžić

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Interview with Prof. Dr. Dževad Hodžić By Mevludin Dizdarević Conversation with people such as Prof. Dževad Hodžić is significant in more than one way. Apart from having remarkable academic references and scholarly competencies, prof. Dževad Hodžić is also an active participant in the processes of the Islamic Community as well as in the society. Unlike many scholars and fruitful researchers who devotedly ponder upon relevant literature but often without an insight into the real life flow, Dževad Hodžić had been an imam in Cologne for many years as well as in the Islamic Centre in Zagreb and this experience enabled him to see and understand the Islamic community from within. He was an editor in Preporod, he worked as deputy of the editor­in­chief of magazine Ljiljan and as the editor­in­chief of Novi Muallim. He is well acquainted with the intellectual background of the Islamic Community, but he is also familiar with its’ inner dynamics. Moreover, prof. Hodžić was active in the political domain where he acted as a parliamentary representative in cantonal as well as in Federation parliaments. He was a columnist for the daily newspaper Oslobođenje, where he published notable columns. He is a professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies where he teaches subjects in fields of philosophy and ethics and is Director for education in the Directorate for Education of the Islamic Community. Thus, prof. Hodžić does not only write and teach, but he is also the head of the institution that is in charge for the directing the educational processes of the Islamic Community from religious studies class in schools to faculties. Therefore, a talk with him is a unique chance to address some relevant theoretical as well as organisational issues regarding the Islamic Community.