Being a Muslim in Belgrade. Ivan Ejub Kostić in Conversation with Armina Galijaš

Abstract

Armina Galijaš interviewed Ivan Ejub Kostić on several occasions in Belgrade during 2019. The topic of the interviews was the contemporary sociopolitical position, the history, and the daily life of Muslims in Serbia and in Belgrade, a subject on which Ivan Ejub Kostić is an expert. He was born in Belgrade in 1979 and has lived there ever since. Islam is an integral part of his life, not only as a religion that he embraced over 15 years ago but also as a field of scholarly and sociopolitical interest. His elaborate answer to the question, 'What is it like to be a Muslim in Belgrade?' offers insights into both Ivan's personal path and Muslim lives in Belgrade and in Serbia today.