40: Bogomils and Goths - Bosniak Nationalism and WW2 Collaboration (teaser)

Boris leads TENE through the rise of the Bosniak national idea in the 19th and early 20th centuries to Muslim collaboration in the Second World War. Despite a multiplicity of identities and politics among Musilms in Bosnia, shifting imperial borders and modernizing land reforms spur a nationalist turn among Bosnian Muslim landowners. Enter Mehmed Spaho who attempts to create a single national identity through his Muslim Yugoslav Organization, leaving the project to Džafer-beg Kulenović after his death who will eventually become vice president of the fascist Independent State of Croatia. Boris discusses the on-again, off-again relationship between Ustashas and Muslim collaborationists leading both to the formation of the SS Handschar Division and, believe it or not, Muslim Chetniks. Fritz briefly narrates the Villefranche-de-Rouergue Mutiny of '43 of Muslim SS trainees and Boris recounts the nutty tale of independent warlord Husein "Huska" Miljković who went from the Commies to Fascists and back again. To top it all off, Rey discusses Husein Đozo, SS major, imam and buddy of Grand Mufti Amin al-Husseini and Boris discusses the slow momentum of Muslim involvement in the Partizan movement. Also, Fritz fails to differentiate 'đ' and 'dž', Muslim Goths, Rey re-considers serfdom, and hot cadastral stats!

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