the sarajevo process () was a 1983 trial against 13 muslim intellectuals accused of islamic fundamentalism. arrests were made in april 1983, trials held in august 1983. the accused were members of the young muslims (). among these were alija izetbegović, the author of the essay "islamic declaration" (1970) and later leader of the party of democratic action (sda) active during the breakup of yugoslavia, and the first president of bosnia and herzegovina. all were sentenced to prison, and were pardoned in 1988. the trials have been described as being in the style of "stalinist show trials".