Prijedor Photo Collection
Alternate Name(s)
Mesdžid u Gomjenici
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Town
Gomjenica/Turska Gomjenica/Muslimanska Gomjenica
Municipality
Prijedor
Region
Bosanska Krajina/Western Bosnia
Building Type
mosque
Building Use
religious
Historical Period
Modern
Additional Construction Details
20th c. (1967)
Building Setting
lightly damaged
Building Condition
lightly damaged
Damage Description
The mesdžid in Gomjenica, a small mosque that had no minaret before the war, was reportedly set on fire and suffered interior damage. In 2002, the mosque was undergoing reconstruction.
Source (Damage Description)
András Riedlmayer (04/2009), based on information and photo from the Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor.
Informant Statement
According to information in the records of the Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor, the Gomjenica mosque was set on fire in mid-1992. The mosque’s interior was burned, but the roof was only partly damaged. Members of the congregation managed to put out the fire. This is said to be the only mosque in the Prijedor region that still had its roof at the end of the war. The Gomjenica mosque was reconstructed after the war, in 2002, at which point a new minaret was added.
Source (Informant Statement)
Ahmet-efendija Rahmanović, head imam of Prijedor (07/2002), interviewed by András Riedlmayer