“Gayret” on the content of school textbooks and their influence upon Muslim youth: A contribution to the research on interreligious dialogue in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Yugoslavia

Abstract

Cultural-educational society ?Gayret? which goal was ?national awakening, education and cultural edification of Muslim population? was founded in 1903 in Sarajevo. The activity of the society extended the whole Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) with the representative office in Belgrade also. This work includes the intention of the Society to influence on the content of school books for primary and high school 1932-1935 which included elements of Christians religion implementation, so, in accordance with the opinion of the Society members, ?led into confusion Muslim youth?. In the same time, this work accented the good will of the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to remove mentioned content from the school books which tabular list we presented in the work. We used interdisciplinary approach to the subject, so used archival resources, Qur?an and relevant literature.