The power, strength, authority, and the influence of the Orthodox and Catholic churches became more pronounced as the consequence of shared support among the churches and the leaders of the countries 2003). Both, Orthodox and Catholic Church sustain (Mahmutćehajić, status quo in the societies, centralized control and hierarchy, and they remain to perceive women as incompatible to embrace the highest positions inside the churches organizations (this refers to Islam as well - having no women in the positions within the mosques) (Cvitković, 1981). Accordingly, Bosnian society being predominantly Christian leans towards higher power stratification. Islam is one of the three monotheistic religions, besides Judaism and Christianity. The history of Islam starts with the prophet Mohammed. Mohammed was the last and greatest prophet of Allah. His message was simple and said that every single person is equal before Allah, and that one should live a pure life by following the five pillars of Islam: having no other god except Allah and Mohammed is the God’s messenger; establishing regular worship; paying zakat to the poor and those in need; fasting for Ramadan; and performing the hajj pilgrimage 1981). The organizational structure of the Islamic community consists of (Cvitković, jama’ats, majlises, mufti offices, the Riyasat, the Council of the Islamic community Ra’is al-’Ulama’, and the Constitutional court 2009; retrieved from (Karčić, The basic organizational unit is whereas the highest religious and jama’ats, administrative unit is the Riyasat, headed by ul-’Ulama’ in Sarajevo). Islamic Ra’is (placed community does not have the same church hierarchy or church authority like in Catholicism and Orthodoxy 1981). Islam does not support high power stratification; quite the (Cvitković, opposite, Islam has no chains of command in its system of mosques, nor are there any positions
The power, strength, authority, and the influence of the Orthodox and Catholic churches became more pronounced as the consequence of shared support among the churches and the leaders of the countries (Mahmutćehajić, 2003). Both, Orthodox and Catholic Church sustain status quo in the societies, centralized control and hierarchy, and they remain to perceive women as incompatible to embrace the highest positions inside the churches organizations (this refers to Islam as well - having no women in the positions within the mosques) (Cvitković, 1981). Accordingly, Bosnian society being predominantly Christian leans towards higher power stratification. Islam is one of the three monotheistic religions, besides Judaism and Christianity. The history of Islam starts with the prophet Mohammed. Mohammed was the last and greatest prophet of Allah. His message was simple and said that every single person is equal before Allah, and that one should live a pure life by following the five pillars of Islam: having no other god except Allah and Mohammed is the God’s messenger; establishing regular worship; paying zakat to the poor and those in need; fasting for Ramadan; and performing the hajj pilgrimage (Cvitković, 1981). The organizational structure of the Islamic community consists of jama’ats, majlises, mufti offices, the Riyasat, Ra’is al-’Ulama’, the Council of the Islamic community and the Constitutional court (Karčić, 2009; retrieved from The basic organizational unit is jama’ats, whereas the highest religious and administrative unit is the Riyasat, headed by Ra’is ul-’Ulama’ (placed in Sarajevo). Islamic community does not have the same church hierarchy or church authority like in Catholicism and Orthodoxy (Cvitković, 1981). Islam does not support high power stratification; quite the opposite, Islam has no chains of command in its system of mosques, nor are there any positions
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