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"Muslims by nationality" (''Muslimani'', Муслимани) was a term used in in Bosnia And Herzegovina . However some people still consider themselves to be Muslims by nationality, and to a lesser extent Gorani and Torbesh in Kosovo and the Republic Of Macedonia . HISTORY The Constitution Of SFRY recognized ''narodi'' ( Nation s—native peoples which were explicitly named in the Constitution, giving them special privileges) and ''narodnosti'' ( Nationalities — Minorities ). In a debate that went on during the 1960s , many Bosniak communist intellectuals argued that Muslims of SFRY are in fact a native Slavic people that should be recognized as a Nation . But the name ''Muslims'' was sometimes rejected - to quote Bosniak politician and president Hamdija Pozderac : (''In discussion with Josip Broz Tito in 1971 about constitutional changes which recognized Muslims, later Bosniaks.'') The Yugoslav "Muslim by nationality" policy was considered by Bosniaks to be neglecting and opposing their Bosnian identity because the term tried to describe Bosniaks as a religious group not an ethnic one. As a compromise, the Constitution was amended in 1968 to list ''Muslims by nationality'' recognizing a nation, but not the name. Imamović, Mustafa (1996). Historija Bošnjaka. Sarajevo: BZK Preporod. ISBN 9958-815-00-1 Sometimes other terms, such as ''Muslim with capital M'' were used (that is, "musliman" was a practicing Muslim while "Musliman" was a member of this nation; Serbo-Croatian uses capital letters for names of peoples but small for names of adherents). After the 1990s , most of these people, around two million, mostly located in Bosnia And Herzegovina and the region of Sandžak , declare as ethnic Bosniaks The New Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (''Bošnjaci'', sing. ''Bošnjak''). On the other hand, some still use the old name ''Muslimani'' (Muslims), especially outside Bosnia and Herzegovina. POPULATION
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