Fitzgerald: The jihad in Serbia

American Councile For Kosovo ^

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The jihad in Serbia is one that is obscured in a particularly vexing way. Accordingly it must be emphasized that in alerting people to attacks on the Serbs, and to the destruction of ancient churches and monasteries, and on the infiltration into the area of Arabs bringing a brand of Islam quite different from the relaxed, syncretistic local version (not exactly full-bodied Islam in practice, because that local practice was affected by the centuries of proximity to non-Muslims, and to the effect of Communism), one is not endorsing any massacres by some Serbs. One can distance oneself --most Serbs do, unfeignedly -- from Milosevic and those atrocities that were committed by some Serb forces. One must keep in mind both the way in which some atrocities ascribed to Serbs were exaggerated, while minimized,or ignored altogether, were the atrocities inflicted on them. The role played by Arabs who came from outside never received the attention in the West it deserved.

Izetbegovic had openly demanded that Islam become the ruling force in Bosnia. His remarks on the need to re-impose the Sharia and impose full Muslim rule did send shivers down Serbian spines.

In Bosnia and Kosovo, hundreds of millions of dollars from the Saudis and Arab fighters, have now been around -- as they will go wherever Jihad-duty calls -- for the last 15 years.

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Oldie, but good read