(Sarajevo) After the war in Yugoslavia and everybody went their own way, Bosnia gave residence to a large number of Islamic fighters who had tipped up from all over the world to fight the good fight.
Since then, the country has had something of a radical Islamist problem and has clamped down hard on those who promote the view amongst the largely not religious population that they are bad Muslims. Which is why in April, Bosnia passed a law that imposes a 10-year prison sentence on anyone convicted of fighting in or recruiting people for conflicts abroad.
The latest iteration of that clampdown saw the light of day this morning, with 200 policemen carrying out numerous raids across the small country, which netted them (so far) 17 followers of radical terrorism in Iraq and Syria.
The police had this to say in a press release:
Since then, the country has had something of a radical Islamist problem and has clamped down hard on those who promote the view amongst the largely not religious population that they are bad Muslims. Which is why in April, Bosnia passed a law that imposes a 10-year prison sentence on anyone convicted of fighting in or recruiting people for conflicts abroad.
The latest iteration of that clampdown saw the light of day this morning, with 200 policemen carrying out numerous raids across the small country, which netted them (so far) 17 followers of radical terrorism in Iraq and Syria.
The police had this to say in a press release:
"The suspects are connected to financing, organizing and recruiting Bosnian citizens to depart for Syria and Iraq, and taking part in armed conflicts in Syria and Iraq, fighting on the side of radical terrorist groups and organizations."Good to see that at least one European country is doing something about Islamic religious bigots. In the UK, we just talk about it.
