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Bosnian immigrants during the early 1900s established the first mosque in the city. [4] Bosnian Muslims were early leaders in the establishment of Chicago's Muslim community. In 1906, they established Džemijetul Hajrije (The Benevolent Society) of Illinois to preserve the community's religious and national traditions, as well as to provide ...
Bosniak Americans (Bosnian: Američki Bošnjaci) are Americans whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sanjak region. The majority of Bosniak Americans immigrated to the United States during the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992 to 1995. Nevertheless, the first Bosniaks settled in Chicago in
The first Bosnians settled in Chicago in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, joining other immigrants seeking better opportunities and better lives. As the former Yugoslavia continued to find its identity as a nation over the last century, the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina sought stability and new beginnings in the city of Chicago, many ...
The first Bosnians settled in Chicago in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, joining other immigrants seeking better opportunities and better lives. As the former Yugoslavia continued to find its identity as a nation over the last century, the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina sought stability and new beginnings in the city of Chicago many ...
St. Louis Bosnian Chamber of Commerce, April 2013. The first wave of Bosnians arrived in the 1990s as refugees of the Bosnian War. [1] According to the refugee organization International Institute of St. Louis, the metropolitan area had about 70,000 people of Bosnian origin circa the late 1990s and early 2000s, the highest recorded number as of date.
Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player; Adnan Hodzic, basketball player; Amer Delić, tennis player; Baggio Husidić, soccer player for LA Galaxy; Nedim Nišić, olympic swimmer; Vedad Ibišević, soccer player
He also played club soccer for Sockers FC Chicago, who he helped reach state, regional and national championship tournaments. He played college soccer at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 2006 to 2008, where he was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team as a freshman, and to the All-Horizon League First Team as a sophomore in 2007.
Luka Garza. Amar Alibegović, basketball player; Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player; Nina Bates, retired figure skater; Mirsad Bektic, retired mixed martial artist; J ...