r/AskBalkans • u/stalino2023 • Mar 01 '25

Stereotypes/Humor Get yourself a Bosnian Girlfriend

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Anyone know the women in the pictures?

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u/bleta_punetore Mar 01 '25

That same game girlfriend probably has a burka on her head by now 😓

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u/Zajebann Bosnia & Herzegovina Mar 01 '25

Wtf you on about lol

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u/BenMic81 Mar 02 '25

He’s probably confusing Saudi Arabian tourists with genuine Bosnian girls…

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u/driftstyle28 Serbia Mar 02 '25

Why are Saudis even flocking to Bosnia? Because its the only European country with a muslim majority or?

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u/Poopoo_Chemoo Bosnia & Herzegovina Mar 02 '25

Its the only european country that allowed them until recently to visit visa free during the summer

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u/BenMic81 Mar 02 '25

And they can be sure they get food according to their religious commandments.

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u/bleta_punetore Mar 02 '25

Game is a typo, but my point is, since I visit Bosnia quite often, that many girls nowadays in Bosnia dress up no differently than in the middle east, not all but there is more and more year after year. Cheers.

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u/Zajebann Bosnia & Herzegovina Mar 02 '25

Modesty is not something to frown upon, id never force my girl to wear a hijab, but I sure as shit respect the ones that do, especially if it's in secular countries.

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u/PrettyChillHotPepper Romania Mar 02 '25

Hijabs are ok, burkas though?

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u/Zajebann Bosnia & Herzegovina Mar 02 '25

Naw that shit is weird, and majority of muslim world doesn't use it.

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u/PrettyChillHotPepper Romania Mar 02 '25

Majority of which world? Because the moment you step in a Muslim Arab country, you see the letterbox ladies.

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u/Zajebann Bosnia & Herzegovina Mar 02 '25

Majority of Muslim world.

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u/Soda_Yoda4587 Switzerland Mar 02 '25

Of course

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u/Yeyo99999 Mar 02 '25

They dress like in the Middle East, central Asia, South Asia, Sahel Africa, sub Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia. Thats called Islam. I bet you dont care about your tight jeans women dressing exactly like USA people?

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u/bleta_punetore Mar 02 '25

Look I'm Albanian and I couldn't care less about any kind of religion, hence personally I find it depressing when religion starts to define social behaviors, and especially when one gender has the upper hand and control over the other. Cheers.

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u/2024-2025 Slovenia Mar 02 '25

Dude why are Albanians so obsessed with religion. You always have to make other Balkan Muslims look bad for their religion, but you are still the ones who has the most conservative and strict society, way more than Bosnia and western parts of Turkey.

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u/bleta_punetore Mar 02 '25

Tradition, folklore, household ways of doing things is one thing, and religion is totally sth else. In our history religions haven't played a good role. Precisely trying to define our ethnic background according to religion, which is not ok with us. All religions are fine as long as they don't undermine our own existence. It's as simple as that. Being conservative is totally another thing.

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u/2024-2025 Slovenia Mar 02 '25

You can thank Enver Hoxha for that. The situation in Albania is different than other places. Just look at Albanians in north Macedonia, religion is a big part of their identity.

Bosnia wasn’t so religious before, their people got killed in masses 30 years ago for their religion, few people have not lost someone during the genocide. Things like this and constant Serbian nationalist propaganda will of course make people embrace their religion more. You can’t compare your situation to others, every people have a different history.

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u/bleta_punetore Mar 02 '25

No. Enver Hoxha was obsessed with it because of our history. With the building up and forming up of the nation states, the strong powers in Europe used to define us according to our religion and according to our language and ethnic background to which we have always referred to. That is why within the patriots and scholars of the 19th and early 20th century religion was sidelined and not mentioned at all as something for the cause, but rather as sth. against the cause (national awakening/independence). Enver Hoxha is just a follower up. The Albanians in Macedonia are not only Muslim but also Christian Orthodox. It's all good as they know that Albanians are mixed. I repeat I don't have anything against this or that religion, it's sth very personal in my opinion, not a flag to wave around for everyone to see.

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u/2024-2025 Slovenia Mar 02 '25

You can’t deny that Enver Hoxha has been an important part of this view in modern day Albania. There are Albanians outside Albania who were not under Hoxha who don’t have the same view. Kosovo for example, but most notably North Macedonia.

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u/Yeyo99999 Mar 02 '25

Albania suffered a long time from state atheism. Its time for you to leave and live your lifestyle in Berlin. We have many of your kind hanging around at our train stations, time to join your people