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model opens up opportunities to renew and reform their communal outlook within mainstream society while maintaining their religious beliefs. He argues that "this approach is unlike the one experienced by
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Vancouver area. The purpose of this groundbreaking discussion was to reach out across the divide between the Muslim and Jewish communities. This led to the creation of the annual Muslim-Jewish Peace Walk. In 2007, Delić became the first Muslim ever to be a guest speaker at the
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from 1980 to 1984. After high school, he completed a year of mandatory service in the
Yugoslav Army from 1984 to 1985. After his military service, Delić studied at the Sarajevo Institute of Philosophy from 1985 to 1986. After deciding to take up Arabic studies at the
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