Daily prayers & Jummah
The five daily prayers and Friday Jummah prayer at 1:30 PM, plus a weekly dhikr with a lecture on Fridays and a gathering with a lecture on Saturdays.
Our Community
Faith, learning and community
Founded in 2006 as part of the Islamic Community of Bosniaks in North America, our jamaat is institutionally and spiritually connected to the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We bought our building in 2008 and opened it as a mosque and Bosniak community center in May 2009.
In April 2025 we celebrated 20 years of our jamaat, and welcomed Bosniaks from across North America as hosts of the annual IZBSA assembly.
Islamic school & Qur’an
Weekend Islamic school for children, and Qaida and Qur’an courses for children and adults alike.
Ramadan & Eid
Taraweeh prayers and iftars throughout Ramadan, Mawlid, observances of the blessed nights, and Eid celebrations together.
Youth & community
A youth group with seminars and workshops, an ilahije and kasida choir, sports sections, football tournaments, trips and community dinners.
Nikah & family
Religious marriages, guidance for Hajj and Umrah, and support for families at every stage of life.
Janazah & cemetery
Funeral and burial services, including our own Bosniak cemetery, opened in 2014.
Our imam
Jasmin ef. Latifović
Jasmin ef. Latifović has served the jamaat since its very beginning. When Bosanski Mesdžid was founded in 2006, he volunteered as its imam, and in May 2013 the jamaat’s assembly unanimously chose to engage him as full-time imam. He has been at the heart of the community through the purchase and opening of our mosque, the opening of our cemetery and, in April 2025, the celebration of 20 years of the jamaat.
He grew up in the village of Sase near Srebrenica. He was 17 when the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina began, and joined the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina while still a minor. In July 1995 he survived the Srebrenica genocide, making his way out through the forest along what survivors call the road of death.
Today, as imam in the diaspora, he leads prayers, teaches, and works to keep our faith, identity and the memory of Srebrenica alive for the next generation.
“Moj put u neizvjesnost je, zapravo, put u odgovornost.”
His book
Srebrenica – Put u neizvjesnost
Srebrenica – A Road into Uncertainty · War novel (ratni roman)
A historical, autobiographical novel in which Jasmin ef. Latifović bears witness to surviving the genocide in Srebrenica. It is based on the diary he kept as a 17-year-old during the war, and follows his escape from Srebrenica, the journey through the forest, and survival.
The book is a testimony to the road of death and to the struggle to preserve faith, identity and a culture of remembrance. In the author’s words, staying silent would be a betrayal of those who did not survive.
- Genre
- Historical & autobiographical war novel
- Language
- Bosnian
- Presented
- Sarajevo (2025) and Kalesija (July 2026)
Our journey
From 2006 to today
The milestones that made Bosanski Mesdžid the home it is today.
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2006
The jamaat is founded
Bosanski Mesdžid is founded as part of the Islamic Community of Bosniaks in North America. Jasmin ef. Latifović volunteers as its imam from the very first day.
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2008
A building of our own
With an interest-free loan, the jamaat buys the building in Pinellas Park that is still its home today.
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May 2009
The masjid opens its doors
After a year of renovation, the building opens as a mosque and Bosniak community center.
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2013
A full-time imam and a paid-off building
In May, the assembly unanimously engages Jasmin ef. Latifović as full-time imam. The same year the building is fully paid off, entirely through membership fees and donations, and Tampa Bay hosts the 18th Susreti Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike.
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2014
Our own Bosniak cemetery
The jamaat opens its own cemetery, so families can lay their loved ones to rest according to our traditions.
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2016
The southernmost jamaat
The Islamic Community of Bosniaks in North America features us as its southernmost jamaat, with around 240 regular members and growing about 10% a year.
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2018
Eid al-Fitr together
The jamaat gathers in front of the masjid for Eid, one of the celebrations that bring the whole community together every year.
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April 2025
20 years of the jamaat
On April 12 we host the annual assembly of the Islamic Community of Bosniaks in North America, with a festive Mawlid. The next day we celebrate 20 years of our jamaat with guests from across North America.
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2025 – 2026
Our imam’s book
Jasmin ef. Latifović’s war novel Srebrenica – Put u neizvjesnost is presented in Sarajevo, and in Kalesija in July 2026.
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May 2026
Another Islamic school year
Students, parents and the whole jamaat celebrate the end of the Islamic school year.
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December 5, 2026 · Coming up
Bosnian Food Festival
Traditional food, folklore and sports, with the whole jamaat and our neighbors.
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