Mosques in the Balkans

In addition to the human damage brought about by the last 10 years of war in Balkans, the recent conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo have been devastating to their historical and architectural heritages. This destruction was not the accidental consequence of military hostilities, but the expression of a systematic policy to eradicate the physical heritages of these two countries since they symbolize the non-Serb identity of the communities subjected to Serb aggression.