Aspects of Islamic Radicalization in the Balkans After the Fall of Communism (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the channels through which Islamic fundamentalism has spread among Muslim populations in the Balkans since the fall of communism. The authors collectively examine political and religious ties between Balkan Muslims and various private organizations and state institutions in Muslim states, with a particular focus on the reception of Salafism and its Saudi version, Wahhabism. In that context, they debate the extent to which war crimes committed by Muslims during the Yugoslav Wars were motivated by Salafism, rather than being a result of domestic ethno-national conflicts. Finally, the book also addresses the ideological climate that has generated volunteers for Islamic State (Daesh) in recent years.

Cumulatively these essays emphasize the risks to national security in the Western Balkans represented by the return of Islamic State fighters and the spread of so-called jihadist-Salafism within Muslim communities. The volume is intended to help the reader understand the Balkan states' foreign policy as a response towards the Muslim world in the context of the global war against terrorism. It is the outcome of a research project of the Balkan History Association.

"This volume shows that Muslim communities in the Western Balkans face intense propaganda from radical Islam and the incitement of hatred and interreligious divisions, aiming to indoctrinate moderate and tolerant Balkan Muslims. Kosovar youth, for instance, are exposed to a radical ideology which, under the influence of imams trained in fundamentalist madrassas in the Middle East, aims to create a new kind of Muslim, one who is ignorant of the past, of national identity and the values of democracy, and who is concerned only with 'Islamic' values propagated through Salafism."

-Kolë Krasniqi, University "Haxhi Zeka" in Peja, Kosovo

"Although Islam has historically been a socio-cultural pillar of Southeast European societies, the recent turmoil and failed revolutions across the Muslim world have influenced sections of Muslim communities in the region. This excellent collected volume is a much-needed attempt to trace the subtle workings of re-Islamisation and changes in traditional Muslim identities under the influence of foreign forms of Islam. All chapters show remarkable scholarly achievement and the fruitfulness of pursuing interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of Balkan Muslims communities since 1989."

-Francesco Trupia, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781433198694
• Artikelnr.: 68874448

Autorenporträt

Mihai Dragnea, PhD, is an associate researcher at the University of South-Eastern Norway and president of the Balkan History Association. Adriana Cupcea, PhD, is a researcher in the Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Joseph Fitsanakis, PhD, is Professor of Intelligence and Security Studies at Coastal Carolina University in the United States, where he also serves as Director of the University¿s Intelligence Operations Command Center. Darko Trifunovic, PhD, is a founding member and Director of the Institute for National and International Security in Belgrade, Serbia, and a Senior Advisor at the Research Institute for European and American Studies in Athens. John Nomikos, PhD, is Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies in Athens, Chairman at the European Intelligence Academy, and Assistant Professor at Webster University (Athens Campus). Vasko Stamevski, PhD, is full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the International Slavic University "Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin" in St. Nikole, North Macedonnia, and Vice-Rector for International Cooperation.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface - Mihai Dragnea: Introduction: Post-communist Encounters in Islamic Faith and Security in the Balkans - Joseph Coelho: Constructing a New Threat: The Securitization of Islam in Postwar Kosovo - Henrique Schneider: Islamic Radicalization in Kosovo: A Case in Multi-layered Identity - Gianfranco Bria: Salafism in Albania between Deculturation and Post-socialist Legacy - Iris Luarasi: Mainstream and Online Media, a Useful Tool on Fighting Violent Extremism in Albania - Marko Savic/Almedina Vukic Martinovic: Building a Community Resilient to the Islamic Radicalism: A Case Study of the Muslim Community in Montenegro - Bogdana Todorova: Risks for Islamic Fundamentalism and Radicalism after the Fall of Communism in Bulgaria - Cornel Andrei Cri an: Missionary Islamic NGOs in Romania: Da'wah Materials Disseminated among Muslims in Romania - Mijo Beljo and Lucija Zadro: Mujahideen in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 until 1995 165 - Michalis Marioras: Foreign Fighters and Global Jihad in the Balkans: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Zhidas Daskalovski: Factors That Moderate Islamic Radicalization in North Macedonia - Darko Trifunovic: "Islamic Terrorism" in the Serbian Sandzak under Salafi Influence - Klemen Kocjancic: Beyond the Balkans: Islamist Terrorism in Europe with Balkan Connections - John Nomikos/Joseph Fitsanakis: Conclusion: The Trajectory of Islamist Militancy in the Balkans - Editors and Authors - Index.

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"This volume shows that the Muslim communities in the Western Balkans are facing an intense propaganda of a radical Islam and the incitement of hatred and various interreligious divisions, aiming to indoctrinate moderate and tolerant Balkan Muslims. Kosovar youth, for instance, are threatened with a very radical ideology that according to the Kosovar imams trained in different fundamentalist madrassas in the Middle East, 'should influence the creation of a type of the new Muslim believer,' who does not know its historical past, nor its national identity or the values of democracy, but only the 'Islamic' values propagated through Salafism." -Kolë Krasniqi, University "Haxhi Zeka" in Peja, Kosovo