Foreign Influences in Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1995 - Second Part Cover Image

Strani utjecaji na islam u Bosni i Hercegovini od 1995. godine - drugi dio
Foreign Influences in Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1995 - Second Part

Author(s): Juan Carlos Antunez Moreno
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Islam studies, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Centar za dijalog - Vesatijja
Keywords: BiH; Islam; 90s; foreign influences;

Summary/Abstract: i n order to evaluate the risk of radicalization among BIH Muslims it is necessary to use research and investigation methods based on an active and direct observation. They might provide a more objective and rigorous approach on the phenomenon. Similar methods have been applied to evaluate the risk of radicalization in some Spanish mosques ♦1 and prisons. ♦2 These methods might permit avoiding more intuitive, speculative and even anecdotic “ad hoc” approaches, based only on analysis of me-dia and interviews with local and international sometime self declared experts on the topic. “Ad hoc” approaches have proved to bias the result of the analysis and, due to methodological deiciencies, stalled the generation of empirically contrastable hypothesis and the evaluation of the dimension and evolution of the impact of Salai ideas in BIH. Researchers must categorically avoid turning the study to a “witch haunt” that could raise suspicion over the whole BIH Muslim population: placing Bosnia’s Muslims under special scrutiny sends the wrong message, suggesting all Muslims are untrustworthy. ♦3 Serious, rigorous, objective and professional researches would permit evaluation of the impact of Salai ideas in BIH, in order to reach two (2) main goals: • To detect, stop and reverse any threat to the security, • If no threat is identiied, the study would contribute to “cleaning” the image of the Muslim society, darkened by previous rumors, speculations and dubious analysis.

  • Issue Year: 6/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 110-141
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Bosnian, English
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