As a part of the EU’s Culture programme, the exhibition “Islam, It’s also our history!” was opened on 29 June 2017 at the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo.

This touring exhibition displays the historical evidence of the centuries long connections between Islam and Europe. The cooperation to establish the exhibition included many different European countries and partners. The exhibition has won the European Commission’s recognition as a “major European cultural project”.

Olaf Deussen, Political Advisor at the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, said that this exhibition shows key principles of Europe, unity in diversity including religious and cultural diversity.

The curator of the exhibition, Isabelle Benoit, stated that this exhibition aims to show the interaction of European and Islamic civilization on European soil.

The European Union has directly contributed to this project though its Cultural Programme with 2.5 million EUR.

The starting point of the exhibition was in Sarajevo, in the Bosniak Institute, after which it will travel to Germany and Bulgaria. An expanded and larger version of the exhibition will be presented in Brussels from September to January 2018, and in Rome in the spring next year.

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