Of course, when people point out the activities of jihadists in the Balkans, the Commentary crowd accuses them of supporting the enormities and crimes, real and/or trumped-up, of the local opposition to that jihad. Of course, that accusation neither logically follows nor accords with fact. “Bosnia: Muslims ‘wanted to draw NATO into war,’” from AKI, […]
Bosnian police discover jihadist weapons cache in investigation of murder of policeman
What? Jihadists in Bosnia? But…but…they’re all peaceful, America-loving moderates! Aren’t they? Aren’t they? “Bosnia bomb probe finds weapons, Islamist link seen,” from Reuters, September 6 (thanks to Sr. Soph): SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police have uncovered a large cache of weapons and detained a new suspect in the course of their inquiry into a June […]
Bosnia: “Radical Muslims” urge fellow believers not to join state security forces, the “forces devoted to a fake god who we should fight against with all of our powers”
The central question here is: do the “moderates” here have the political will, support of the population, and is it their own genuine intention, to prevent the outright Islamization of Bosnia? Time will tell. And a follow-up question: do said “moderates” have a better defense than to glibly insist the chapters and verses quoted by […]
Bosnia: Jihadists bomb police station; analysts state the obvious and warn of more to come
As is so often the case with the Balkans, analysts are quick to attribute the problem of jihadist activity to the influence of “Wahhabism,” though without accounting for why the Wahhabists’ teachings resonate so readily with what we were told were peaceful, secularized, tolerant Muslims. To suppose otherwise, of course, raises the specter of there […]
Report: Jihadist training camp established in northeast Bosnia
War is Deceit: “The report quoted Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Security sources as saying a large number of Wahhabis moved to the region under the pretext of helping to build a mosque.” There may be a mosque involved in the plans, but that doesn’t rule out far more, after the fashion of locales such as “Islamberg.” […]
Bosnia court indicts Muslims for terrorism, arms trafficking
But…but…I thought all the Muslims in Bosnia were moderate, peaceful, and pro-American! “Bosnia court charges Muslim group for ‘terrorism,’” from Reuters, December 22 (thanks to Maxwell): SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s state court indicted a group of radical Muslims on Tuesday on charges of terrorism and arms trafficking, saying they had planned to destabilise the country. […]
Bosnia: Muslim army commander arrested for war crimes
Remember, this was within the context of the good war, in which the United States showed the umma that we are not anti-Muslim, and sided with modern, moderate Muslims who love the U.S. dearly to this day. “Bosnia: Muslim ex-commander arrested for war crimes,” from AKI, November 4 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Sarajevo, 4 Nov. […]
Hamlet Made a Muslim Prince in Post 9/11 Adaptation
This is nothing new. Many years ago, in another lifetime and long, long before 9/11, I myself played Sir Toby Belch in a production of Twelfth Night that made everyone Muslim and set the whole thing in the Ottoman court, notwithstanding how preposterous that made the story line. But that one was just a case […]
Srebrenica: The Destruction of Christian Churches and Assault on Christianity
Carl Savich sets the record straight on matters about which there has been a great deal of misinformation in Serbianna (thanks to Fraser). Be sure to click on the link, as this is a photo feature: there are many important photos there, including one of Bosnian Muslim President Izetbegovic, who was characterized as a moderate […]
Madrid Bombers Trained at Bosnia-Based Al Qaeda Campus
Jihadists working from bases in Europe — and even in that vaunted bastion of Islamic moderation, Bosnia. From Bulgaria’s Sofia News Agency, with thanks to Fraser: The terrorists that carried out the Madrid bombings in March 2004 have been trained at special Al Qaeda based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The news was broken Tuesday by […]