6^th International Congresse of the WIAMH

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 13 – 15, 1999.

THE PLACE AND ROLE OF ISLAM IN THERAPEUTIC AND REHABILITATION PROCESSES OF RAPED WOMEN

Abdulah KUČUKALIĆ, Alma BRAVO

This paper is founded on the author’s experience in the group psychotherapy for raped women. The paper will present the flow of psychotherapeutic process of the group of women who were the victims of rape during the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina. The rape of women in BiH by the aggressor was a part of the war strategy of the genocidal war. The place of Islam in our tradition is seen through the whole psychotherapeutic process. The Islam was the strongest therapeutic factor in the process of reintegration of raped women’s personality.

Key words:Raped Woman – Islam – Group Psychotherapy

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