Omer Džabić

Hfz. Omer Džabić (1882 – 6 April 1965) was a Bosnian cleric and politician, mufti of Mostar. Activist for the religious, national and political rights of Bosniaks.

Biography He was born into the Džabić family with a strong tradition of Islamic scholars. His great-great-grandfather was sheikh Husejn and his great-grandfather Ali-Fehmi was mufti of Blagaj. His grandfather Ahmed Šaćir ef. Džabić (1932-1878), was mufti of Mostar from 1878 to 1883. His uncle, Ali Fehmi ef. Džabić (1853-1918), held the same position as mufti of Mostar from 1883 to 1900. Omer's father was named Muhamed.

Omer Džabić attended the Karađoz Bey Mekteb led by Muhamed ef. Rebac. He then continued on to the higher Islamic school, the Roznamedži Ibrahim-effendi Madrasa, where his uncle lectured. Later he was educated under Muhamed ef. Kurt and Hamza Sulejman ef. Puzić. He was a member of three political organizations. From 1936, when the Islamic community was reformed and the offices of muftis were abolished, Omer Džabić sat on the Riyasat of the Islamic Community. In 1941, not long after the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia, which included Bosnia and Herzegovina, he initiated the vol. The Mostar Resolution, which condemned the fascist regime's repression of the Serbs. He led a delegation that went to Rome to seek protection for Muslim and the separation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Independent State of Croatia.

In February 1940, he was appointed an honorary member of the presidency of the Itihad society. He was financially support social fund Rahmet. Also, Džabić was a donor to the Muslim Reading Room in Mostar. He was a member of the Regional Committee for the Protection of Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where children of all confessions were located. Also, in 1927, he was elected to the newly founded beekeepers' society in Mostar. Džabić was one of the founders of the local board of Gajret in Mostar. He was buried at the Šarića Cemetery in Mostar.