7th November 2021 – „With Sport against Violence“ is a futsal (7+1 rules) tournament with mixed teams composed by players belonging to different religious / ethnic groups (Albanians in Zagreb, Muslim minority, Bosnjaks in Zagreb – Croatian), but coming from the same school class group. 10 Teams, no fee was required, medals and cups were provided.
This project is part of NK Nur’s long-term strategy, which has the objectives of inclusion of minorities in sport and comprehension and eradication of violence approach to minorities.NK Nur, the organizatior, was established as sport club within the Islamic Community of Zagreb, aside the mosque. It is now perceived as a mixed minorities club, where Muslim are less than 20% of players. Religious or ethnic connotation are no more an obstacle. In 2 years, NK Nur recorded a 4x times bigger number of players, letting the club enter an ambitious program of modernization of the whole sport venue, expanding to basketball, different sizes of futsal pitches, volleyball
