Hfz. Ibrahim ef. Maglajlić - Bosniak theologian, the fifth reis-ul-ulema in the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the first president of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO). Maglajlić successfully managed the administration of both religious and educational institutes until 1914, when he was appointed district mufti in Tuzla in April. He saw the end of the war in the position of district mufti. With his friends from the National Council and other prominent Muslims, he launched an action to organize Bosnian Muslims into a political party. That party was formed in 1919 as the Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO), and Hafiz Ibrahim ef. Maglajlić was elected as its first president. In the elections for the Constituent Assembly in 1920, he was elected as a deputy. When in March 1922 there was a split in the club of deputies of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization (JMO), he resigned from that party and founded a new political organization with his political associates, which failed to win a single parliamentary mandate in the first subsequent elections. In 1925, he was transferred as mufti to Banja Luka, and in 1929 he retired. The curia, composed of eight members of the Ulema Majlis, nine muftis, six supreme Sharia judges, three principals of Islamic secondary schools and two representatives of the Ministry of Army and Navy, elected him on June 11, 1930, and on June 12 he was appointed reisu-l-ulema. Islamic communities of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Since there was no longer the Khilafat or Meshihat, the menshura was assigned to the Reisu-l-Ulema by a special body (Council for Menshura) composed of members of both Ulema Majlis (Skopje and Sarajevo), delegates of the Wakuf-Mearif Councils and members of the Supreme Sharia Courts. Hafiz Ibrahim ef. Maglajlić took the oath and received the mensura on June 19, 1930. The ceremonial enthronement took place in the Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade on October 31, 1930, in the presence of the king, members of the government, the diplomatic corps and numerous delegations from the country. Polish Mufti Dr. Jakub Sienkijević attended the ceremony among distinguished foreigners. With the adoption of the new constitution and the election of Haji Hafiz Ibrahim ef as reisu-l-ulema. Maglajlića, the Supreme Islamic Eldership and seat of reisu-l-ulama transferred from Sarajevo to Belgrade. Reisu-l-ulema Maglajlić remained in his position until the regime change, in which Maglajlić's party opponent Dr. Mehmed Spaho participated. Reisu-l-ulema Maglajlić retired on March 14, 1936. After his retirement, reisu-l-ulema Maglajlić retired to his birthplace Banja Luka, where his death overtook him. He died on Wednesday, September 16, 1936, and was buried near the Gazanferija Mosque in Banja Luka.
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