Islam in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Sandzak region in southwestern Serbia is considered cosmopolitan and tolerant. Sunni Muslims have lived here with Christians and Jews for centuries, creating their own form of European Islam. But since the 1990s, this Islam has repeatedly come under pressure from outside influences. An attack on a security guard at the Israeli embassy in Belgrade on June 29, 2024 is now sparking fears that a new wave of radicalization could break out. Before the Bosnian war (1992-1995), there were no Salafists or Wahhabis in the Balkans, says Vedran Džić of the Austrian Institute for International Policy in Vienna. “They don’t have their roots in the Balkans.” To this day, radical groups are a small minority among Muslims. Influence of Radical Groups During the Bosnian War During the Bosnian War, Bosnian Muslims received significant military support, especially from Islamic countries, and foreign fighters also brought radical Islamic movements to the country, which did not disappear after the war ended. They constitute it […]
Source: News Beast
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