🇦🇿 33 Years Since the Khojaly Massacre

On the night of February 25–26, 1992, Armenian armed formations, with the support of the 366th regiment of the former USSR, captured Khojaly and carried out a brutal massacre of the peaceful Azerbaijani population.

🔻 613 people were killed, including:
▫️ 106 women
▫️ 63 children
▫️ 70 elderly people

🔻 Over 1,000 people were injured, and 475 were left disabled, suffering severe physical and psychological consequences.

🔻 The tragedy shattered families:
▫️ 8 families were completely wiped out
▫️ 130 children lost one parent
▫️ 25 children lost both parents and became orphans

🔻 Out of 1,275 people taken captive or held hostage, the fate of 150 remains unknown to this day, including:
▫️ 68 women
▫️ 26 children

🇧🇦 In 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s House of Peoples passed a resolution condemning the Khojaly Massacre as a crime against humanity.

❤️‍🩹 We remember, we do not forget, we do not forgive

🇧🇦 Bosniaks on the Isonzo Front – Warriors of the Mountains 🇧🇦

Amid the treacherous peaks of the Isonzo Front, Bosniak soldiers of BH IR Nr. 4 braved brutal blizzards, sheer cliffs, and relentless battles. Their courage and skill earned them numerous awards, proudly displayed on their fezzes in this 1917 photograph.

Fighting in one of WWI’s bloodiest theaters, they became legends of mountain warfare. 1.7 million soldiers died or were mutilated for life, many losing their lives attempting to navigate the steep slopes, fight through whiteout blizzards, or traverse impassable canyons.

I was very delighted to come across this segment from Candace Owens randomly while scrolling through the Internet, looking for something to post. I am very thankful to these ideologues/propagandists, such as Candace Owens and her guest Scott Horton, for pushing this engineered narrative of Bosniaks being U.S.-supported 'Bin Laden-ites' and 'terrorists' in the Balkans. Their main objective is to cultivate antagonistic opinions within America toward Muslims in the Balkans.
This antagonism—funded by their wealthy oligarchs—effectively pushes us, Bosniaks (since we see this), away from the West and into the embrace of the Muslim world in the East, such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia, where Bosnia and Bosniaks truly belong. We should be within the spheres of influence of the Muslim world, which has been very helpful to us.

Now, some Muslims might rightfully take offense at such statements because they are untrue and dehumanizing. But in reality, that doesn't matter—because they never saw us as human in the first place, just as they don’t see their own fellow Americans as human, given how their ruling class treats them and how they treat each other. The more hatred they sow, the better it is for us. America really should be pushed out of Europe as much as possible since they are the enemy and predator of this continent.

🇸🇦❤🇧🇦 King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center donates 750,000 Marks to 976 families affected by the floods that hit Bosnia and Herzegovina at the end of last year.

🇧🇦 Lala Mustafa Pasha (c. 1500 – 7 August 1580) 🇹🇷

Also known as Kara, Lala Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman Bosnian general and Grand Vizier from the Sanjak of Bosnia. He passed away in Constantinople in 1580, possibly due to old age or a heart attack, and was succeeded by the famous Albanian Koca Sinan Pasha.

💍 Marriage & Descendants
He was the second husband of Hümaşah Sultan, the granddaughter of Sultan Süleyman I and Hürrem Sultan. They married on 25 August 1575 and had a son:

👑 Sultanzade Abdülbaki Bey, who later married Safiye Hanımsultan, daughter of Ismihan.

🏛 Legacy & Influence

📍 Urban & Architectural Legacy

Lala Mustafa Mosque (Damascus, Syria) – A mosque named in his honor, symbolizing his influence in the region.

Lala Mustafa Mosque (Famagusta, Cyprus) – Originally the St. Nicholas Cathedral, converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571.

Lala Mustafa Street (Larnaca, Cyprus) – A street named after him in remembrance of his role in the island’s history.

⚔️ Military Achievements

Conquest of Cyprus (1570-1571) – Led the Ottoman campaign against the Venetians, capturing the island and securing Ottoman rule.

Siege of Nicosia (1570) – Over 20,000 people were reportedly killed during the Ottoman assault, making it one of the bloodiest sieges of the time.

Siege of Famagusta (1571) – Marked by brutal tactics, his treatment of the Venetian leaders, especially Marco Antonio Bragadin, led to international outrage.

🌍 Geopolitical Impact

His conquest of Cyprus triggered Pope Pius V to unite European Catholic powers, leading to the formation of the Holy League.

This culminated in the Battle of Lepanto (1571), one of the largest naval battles of the era, where the Ottomans suffered a major defeat.

Despite this loss, the Ottomans retained control over Cyprus, which remained under their rule for over 300 years (until 1878).

🏰 Governance & Political Influence

Served as Governor of Egypt (1568-1570) before his promotion to Grand Vizier.

Became Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1580) but held the position only briefly before his death.

Known for his military discipline and administrative skills, earning the trust of Sultan Selim II and Sultan Murad III.

His legacy remains controversial—celebrated as a hero in Ottoman history yet remembered for his ruthless tactics in Cyprus. His name lives on in architecture, history books, and the geopolitical consequences of his campaigns.

In 1916, during World War I, Bosnian officers of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry Regiment No. 3 (BH IR Nr. 3) were stationed in Brody, Galicia—a region that is now part of Ukraine.

Centuries earlier, the ancestors of the Bosniaks were part of the broader South Slavic migration into the Balkans, which took place between the 6th and 7th centuries AD. These Slavic tribes mixed with the Illyrians and Romans, gradually forming the medieval Bosnian people.

In an ironic twist of history, their descendants—now Bosnians serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army—found themselves back in Galicia, the very lands from which their ancestors may have once migrated. After centuries of movement, cultural evolution, and the rise and fall of empires, they had, in a way, come full circle—this time, as soldiers in a war far from home.

Happy Independence Day Bosnia and Herzegovina! 🇧🇦

May Allah accept our fasts, our salah, and our duas ❤️

The first Teravih prayer in Srebrenica this Ramadan 🇧🇦☪

Muslims are destroying Sweden 🇸🇪 😂