Miroljub Jevtic
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Serbia
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n Politologist of religion and professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
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Career
Jevtić graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Belgrade, Serbia.He received a Master’s Degree from the University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
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's Law School
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
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; his thesis was entitled ”Islamic understanding of war and the role of the Islamic Conference in preserving the peace”.
Jevtić studiedfor his Doctorate at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Thesis: ”Modern Jihad
Jihad
Jihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
and war”. Jevtić began his academic career in the 1983s as a teacher of People defence and protection (Narodna odbrana i zaštita), a course that was abolished with the breakup of socialism in Southeast Europe in the beginning of the 1990s.
Founder and editor-in-chief of the “Polititcs and Religion” journal, http://www.politicsandreligionjournal.com, the first global scientific journal dedicated to the discipline ”Political Science of Religion“ or “Politicology of Religion”. The first issue was published in 2007, in Belgrade, Serbia. Published by the ”Center for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance”.
Career at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia:
- Assistant-intern – 1983
- Assistant – 1985
- Docent – 1988
- Part-time Professor – 1993
- Professor – 1998 (Religion and Politics)
Professional publications
Professor Jevtić was the author of the monograph dedicated to the JihadJihad
Jihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
. It was the first such publication ever published in the area covered by his research.
Professor Jevtić was the first academic in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
to introduce ”Political Science of Religion” or “Politicology of Religion“ in the curriculum of the Faculty of Political Science. Professor Jevtić coined the term White Al-Qaeda.
Books
- Religion and Politics – Introduction to Politicology of Religion; Institute for Political Studies and Faculty of Political Science; Belgrade, Serbia; 2002; ISBN-86-7419-048-0.
- Modern Jihad as War; First Edition – 1989; Nova Knjiga, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN-86-7335-052-2; Second Edition – 1995; Grafomotajica, Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina; ISBN-86-7116-001-7; Third Edition – 2001; Nikola Pašić, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN-86-7987-010-2.
- From the Islamic DeclarationThe Islamic DeclarationThe Islamic Declaration was written by Alija Izetbegović. Originally published in 1969–70, and republished in 1990 in Sarajevo, it presents his views on Islam and modernization....
to the Religious War in Bosnia and Herzegovina; First Edition – 1993; Filip Višnjić, Belgrade, Serbia; ISBN-86-7363-125-4; Second Edition – 1995; Grafomotajica, Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina; ISBN-86-7116-002-5. - Albanians and Islam – 1995; Grafomotajnica, Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina; ISBN-86-7116-003-3.
- Islam in the Works of Ivo Andrić – 2000; Private Edition, Prosveta Internacional, Belgrade, Serbia.
- All Our Delusions – 1998; Private Edition, Prosveta Internacional, Belgrade, Serbia.
- Islam and Geo-Political Logic – 1995; Co-Authored With Others; Koving-Inžinjering, Belgrade, Serbia.
- The crime Awaits the Punishment – 1997; Co-Authored With Others; Megilot Publishing, Olet Press/ Imel Publishing, (Novi Sad, Srpsko Sarajevo); ISBN-86-7170-001-1.
- Muslims between Religion and Nation – 1996; Co-Authored with Others; People and University Library Petar Kocić, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; ISBN-86-7044-030-X.
Internet Publications
- Religion as a Determining Factor in the West’s Siding With Albanian Secessionism (English)
- Religion as a Determining Factor in the West’s Siding With Albanian Secessionism (Serbian)
- Jihad in Domestic and International Public (Serbian)