Bosnian Muslims

The Muslim population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, primarily of Slavic descent who converted to Islam during Ottoman rule, also known as Bosniaks. They are discussed in these claims as a distinct ethnic-religious group who were targeted for genocide and ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian War, while speaking the same shared South Slavic language as their Serb and Croat neighbors.

Claims that use this term

• European history of cleansing predicts ghettoized Bosnian Muslims would be destroyed
• Bosnian Muslims showed greater restraint than the US did with Japanese-Americans
• Bosnian Muslims were selected for genocide on religious grounds with Western acquiescence
• Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims spoke one shared language despite script differences.
• Bosnian Muslims suffered uniquely methodical persecution from both nationalist sides
• Bosnian Muslims suffered wartime losses rivaling Serbs yet bore Nazi stigma