Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnic Speeches May Have Driven Young Men to Syria, Says Expert Witness

20:41, May 14, 2015

The speeches of a high-profile Salafist in Bosnia have encouraged young men to join Islamic State (IS) forces in Syria, according to the testimony of an expert witnessat a Bosnian court on Wednesday.

Vlado Azinovic, 51, professor at the national security department of Sarajevo’s Political Sciences University, evaluated some 53 hours of evidence against informal Salafi leader Husein “Bilal” Bosnic.

Bosnic stands accused of inciting and recruiting Bosnian citizens to join IS fighters in Syria, and organizing a terrorist group.

Although Azinovic said that it was impossible to establish a direct consequential connection between Bosnic’s speeches and the departures of Bosnian citizens to Syrian battlefields on the basis that one would have to individually interview each who had left, he said he believed Bosnic’s speeches had factored in their decision-making processes.  Read more... (448 words)

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