Dr. Mahmud Busatlija, a prominent
economist in the capital of Serbia and of noble lineage, who was a
Muslim, was baptized Orthodox Christian, according to Serbian sources,
500 years after his ancestors converted to Islam.
"I returned
to the roots of my ancestors, 500 years ago, when they became Muslim in
the Ottoman Empire. I do not think it strange, as I'm simply returning
to where I belong", said Busatlija, who is an expert on foreign
investment in Serbia.
He is the progeny of Stanko
Crnojević (1457–1528) and Kara Mahmud Bušatlija (died 1796). Ivan I
Crnojević, Stanko’s father and the Serbian Orthodox ruler in Montenegro,
was the founder of Cetinje Monastery. Stanko became Muslim when his
father sent him to the Ottoman Sultan to become a vassal in 1485, and
upon his conversion he took the name Skender.
Mahmud Busatlija returned to the
Faith of his ancestors, the Serbian Orthodox Church, on February 15,
2014. His baptism took place in the Cathedral of Montenegro and he
received the name Stanko.
"My godfather was Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral", he said.
He also said that he is fond of
the ideals of the French Revolution and the Paris Commune, ideas which
he considers to be similar to that of Christianity - Liberté, Égalité,
Fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (Brotherhood).
Click:
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου