The attitude of the social government towards Husein-ef. Đozo

Abstract

UDK:  28:929 Đozo H.
           929 Đozo H.

Based on the documents found in GaziHusrev-bey's Libray, the family archive of Husein ef. Đozo, the Archives of the State Commission for Religious Issues and the Archive Information and Security Agency, wherein the archive of UDBA is also preserved, the author here thematises the attitude of the socialist government towards Husein ef. Đozo, an Islamic thinker whose endeavour marked the second half of the 20th century within the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first part of the article reveals some lesser-known biographical details of Husein Đozo related to his activities during the Second World War, which in particular were the basis for the State's opinion later, in the socialist period. Further on, the author discusses the socialist government's view regarding Đozo's decision to return to the Islamic Community in the year 1960. All the preserved documents undoubtedly show that Husein Đozo, as a person of high morality, refused to act as a government informer and that the same government would leave him alone for so long as his activities were in line with the government’s agenda. However, each time his actions were esteemed to be contrary to its objectives, the government would initiate all available mechanisms, such as informative hearings, and exercising pressure via regime-controlled media all to force him into resigning from his current duties and returning to a more desirable frame of work.