Islamism and security in Bosnia-Herzegovina / Leslie S. Lebl.
U.S. experts fear violence could once again break out in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and some even want the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to mount another military mission there. Yet few of these experts focus on the danger of gradually expanding Islamism. In Bosnia, it appears to have made slow...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Carlisle Barracks, PA :
Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | HeinOnline Legal Classics Library |
| Summary: | U.S. experts fear violence could once again break out in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and some even want the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to mount another military mission there. Yet few of these experts focus on the danger of gradually expanding Islamism. In Bosnia, it appears to have made slow but steady progress, despite resistance from Bosnia's moderate Muslims. Senior Bosniak (Muslim) leaders retain their long-standing Islamist ties, and their calls to impose traditional Islamic law, or sharia, and develop closer ties with the Islamic world only aggravate Bosnian Croat and Serb separatism. |
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| Item Description: | "May 2014.". |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 59 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |