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Rethinking islamized Balkans
Rethinking islamized Balkans

Author(s): Edoardo Corradi
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Универзитет »Гоце Делчев« - Штип
Keywords: foreign fighters; terrorism; Islam; Islamic State; Western Balkans

Summary/Abstract: Could Islamized Balkans be a threat for European Union security? The foreign fighters phenomenon exists in Western Balkans countries but it is overestimated. The population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania is majority Sunni Muslim, and in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 33% of Macedonian are Muslims. Balkans Islamism is westernized and not radical, because of Balkans history. The presence of Balkan foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq is not because of Sunni Islam (Salafi), but because of socio-economic condition of these countries.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 121-139
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English
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