[1] It is also recognised as the highest representative body of Muslims in the region, especially in Serbia (Sandžak), Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Hungary and Bosniak diaspora.

Under the tenure of the Grand Mufti Mustafa Cerić, who held this office from April 1993 until November 2012, the Islamic Community promoted Bosniak culture, politics and identity, with its influence extending beyond the faithful and attracting many who were not practicing Muslims during the socialist period, as well as Bosniaks and other Slavic Muslims living in the region of Sandžak and elsewhere.

He was supported by the deceased Serbian Grand Mufti Hamdija Jusufspahić, and later by his son Muhamed.

[4] The Islamic Community of Montenegro, although not formally under jurisdiction of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognizes the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the highest religious and moral authority of Muslims in the region.

[citation needed] The highest body of Muslims in Hungary, the Hungarian Islamic Council, have expressed willingness to become part of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina to act as the supreme religious authority for Hungarian Muslims.