Izet Terzic

Priest's Journey to Islam (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"A Priest's Path to Islam" is the story of a man whose life was woven into authority, ritual, and tradition, and who, in the silence of his inner self, begins to recognize that everything he has built is also a cage of deception. Through a series of inner turmoil, encounters with memories, doubts, and anxieties, the main character feels the call to truth begin to pull him out of the shadow of the previously known world. This call is not a shocking reversal; it is a gradual, painful process of transformation, like a man who sees a way out of darkness step by step, and the light does not suddenly illuminate him, but slowly reveals a new meaning to him.

Dr. Izet Terzic takes us on an intimate journey that is at the same time a spiritual confession, a philosophical reflection, and a bridge of understanding between cultures and faiths. The priest does not abandon his previous identity out of rejection, but out of the translation of his soul - out of the desire to encounter the Divine without masks, without mediators, in a truth that transcends linguistic, institutional, and emotional boundaries. Thus, a translation of one's own being is born: what was once a certainty becomes a challenge, and old rules become the basis for a deeper recognition of grace, forgiveness, and freedom.

The book explores how faith can feel like a labyrinth and a light at the same time-a place where inherited forms are questioned and authentic tradition is born. Encounters with people from the past, with social pressures, and with personal setbacks serve as mirrors in which the priest sees fragments of his own journey: how the fear of rejection changes into the courage to acknowledge pain, how patriotic and religious roles remain only parts of a larger picture, and how ultimate freedom is not found in external markers but in inner peace.

This is not just a story about changing religious affiliation. It is an invitation to the reader to look at his own labyrinths, to recognize where he has walked in the semi-world of intangible patterns, and to discover the Light that can guide him onward-toward a journey into the fullness of meaning. "A Priest's Journey to Islam" leaves a mark: it can be read as a personal document of a soul, as a bridge between communities, but also as a mirror in which each reader can see their own reflection, their doubts, and their hopes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dream Scribe
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798233203527
• Artikelnr.: 76256512

Autorenporträt

He was born on March 4, 1958. in Gracanica. He graduated from the Gazi Husrev Bey madrasa in Sarajevo. After that, he entered the ITF (Islamic Theological Faculty - current FIN) in Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1983. He completed his post-graduate studies in the study of the Qur'an at the University of Zeytuna in Tunisia, where he defended his master's thesis under the title: El-Kenzu fil-kiraatil-ashere dirase ve tahkik (Scientific treatment of the manuscript work on ten kirats), in 1990. After that, he returns to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he makes his adequate contribution to the defense of the homeland. After the aggression against his homeland, he went to doctoral studies at the same university in Tunisia, which he successfully completed in 1999. The topic of the doctoral dissertation was: El-Inajetu bil-Qur'anil-Kerimi fil-Bosna munzu fethiha ilel-an (Study of the Qur'an in Bosnia from the arrival of Islam until today).

After returning from his doctorate, he worked for the next eight years as the chief imam of the Mejlis of IZ Mostar. In the same period, as an external associate, he also works at the University of Demal Bijedic, where he teaches the subject of Da'va at the Department of Islamic Religious Studies, and at the Karadoz-bey madrasa on the subject of Akaid (two years), and on the subject of Imamate (seven years).

He was a long-term professional associate of the Cantonal Ministry of Education (HNK), as well as the Inter-Municipal Pedagogical Institute in Mostar, for the purpose of passing professional exams for teachers and professors of Islamic religious education.

In the period 1993-1997. he was the editor and host of the religious program on Radio Hajat in Pazaric. He participated in numerous scientific and professional symposia in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as abroad. He carried out and published about fifty reviews and expert papers. He took part in the work of translating capital works in the field of tafsir and hadith, among which we particularly highlight Tafsir Ibn Kesir and Sahih Muslim.

So far, he has published four books, and in two he participated with other authors.

He is a lecturer on courses in the field of Islamic missionary work, as well as comparative religions, and currently holds the position of vice dean for teaching and student affairs at the IPF in Bihac.