Editorial Board 22 January 2026
From the siege of Sarajevo to the genocide of Srebrenica, religion during the Balkan wars of the 1990s was mobilized to legitimize violence, define enemies, and morally justify exclusion, hatred, and mass killing. With the end of the war and the implementation of the Dayton Accords, a new question emerged: what role can religious communities play once the guns fall silent? Reset’s new documentary by Filippo Macelloni, “Religion and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina & the Balkans”, delves into the impact of religion on reconciliation and peacebuilding, starting at the heart of it all: Sarajevo.
