I would like to deeply thank the Institute for Islamic Tradition of Bosniaks (iitb) for organizing the international conference “Diasporic and Migrant Identities: Social, Cultural, Political, Religious and Spiritual Aspects” held in Sarajevo at the Gazi Husrev-bey Library (23-24 April 2015). Special thanks are due to Sevilay Ünal and Mehmet Köse at Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Topluluklar Başkanlığı (YTB) in Ankara, Karsten Dümmel at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in Sarajevo and the International University of Sarajevo (IUS) for their generosity and financial support to make this conference happen. This book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the conference. However, the idea for publishing this book with Brill goes to Jørgen Nielsen the keynote speaker of the conference to whom I am thankful for his advice and encouragement.