Džemaludin Čaušević

Theologian, thinker, educator, reformer, journalist, translator and linguist. Čaušević is considered one of the most significant and influential Bosnian Muslim personalities of the 20th century. He was educated in Istanbul, completing Islamic studies and law. From 1901 he taught at the Gymnasium in Sarajevo and in 1909 became professor at the Sarajevo’s Sharia school. He was the grand mufti (Reis-ul-Ulema) of Yugoslavia from 1914 - 1930 brining about enormous education & modernisation of Muslim life in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Together with Hafiz Muhamed Pandža, he translated the Qur’an into Bosnian and attached his forward-looking exegesis to it. He was the biggest advocate for education and enlightenment, and is often cited for saying “knowledge always triumphs over ignorance”.