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==Bosnia and Herzegovina== Religious segregation has been practiced in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 12th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Alibašić |first=Ahmet |url=https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/34375/chapter-abstract/291538221?redirectedFrom=fulltext# |title=The Oxford Handbook of European Islam |date=2015-01-06 |publisher=Oxford Academic |pages=429-474 |chapter=10 Bosnia and Herzegovina |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199607976.013.17}}</ref> Being historically a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation, ethnicity and religion are interchangeable within the nation: [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatians]] are largely [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Bosniaks]] are largely [[Muslims|Muslim]], and [[Serbs]] are largely [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Begicevic |first=Alma |last2=Balint |first2=Jennifer |date=2023-12-30 |title=Constricted rights and imagined identities: Peace and accountability processes and constitution-making in Bosnia and Herzegovina |url=https://academic.oup.com/icon/article/21/4/1069/7559249 |journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law |language=en |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=1069–1098 |doi=10.1093/icon/moad097 |issn=1474-2640|url-access=subscription }}</ref> These [[Ethnoreligious group|ethnoreligious]] linkages have influenced political and cultural dynamics, especially during periods of political dominance under foreign dominance where in one group would hold power over the others. Bosniak Muslims held more political influence and power under the [[Ottoman Empire]] than any other group, the Catholic Croats held power under the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]], and the Serbs held major political influence during the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alibašić |first=Ahmet |date=2020-12-11 |title=History of Inter-Religious Dialogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Force-Feeding to Sustainability? |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jrat/6/2/article-p343_6.xml |journal=Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=343–364 |doi=10.30965/23642807-00602006 |issn=2365-3140|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Schooling in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been segregated by religion with educational services being provided by religious groups and organizations, this practice finds its roots as far back as the [[Vidovdan Constitution]] of 1921.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious education for a plural society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Intersections between separate school systems, religious actors and public institutions {{!}} PAPERS |url=https://papers.aarweb.org/paper/religious-education-plural-society-bosnia-and-herzegovina-intersections-between-separate |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=papers.aarweb.org}}</ref> Religious segregation in schooling continued during [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Communist Yugoslavia]] with government intervention proving ineffective. Since 1995 with the implementation of the [[Dayton Agreement]], the Bosnian government has agreed and maintained upon a “two schools under one roof policy”, allowing religious schooling to continue as a form of cultural protection.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soetermeer |first=M. |date=2023-12-07 |title=The “Two Schools under One Roof” System: Bosnia’s Challenges to Reconciliation |url=https://www.fomoso.org/en/mosopedia/essays/the-two-schools-under-one-roof-system-bosnias-challenges-to-reconciliation/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=FOMOSO |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2014, [[Herzegovina-Neretva Canton|Herzegovina-Neretva]] became the first canton to ban religious schooling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TransConflict |date=2017-03-14 |title=Two Schools Under One Roof: Lesson In Ethnic Unmixing From Bosnia’s Segregated School System – Analysis |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/14032017-two-schools-under-one-roof-lesson-in-ethnic-unmixing-from-bosnias-segregated-school-system-analysis/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Eurasia Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
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