Post by Jon Do on Apr 25, 2015 21:43:26 GMT -5
Kosovo Center for security Studies presented a detailed study on the causes and consequences of joining the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq, GazetaExpress.com reports.
The data comparing Kosovo to 21 Western European countries, including the US, Russia and Turkey, showed that Kosovo and BiH citizens comprise the highest number of fighters, per capita, in Syria and Iraq.
The specific ideology followed by ISIS fighters, “tekfir” has also been embraced by a number of Kosovo citizens. Tekfir followers exclude even other Muslim groups, and has been spreading in Kosovo more intensively since 2005, through imams from Skopje, who studied in Egypt, read the report.
A number of factors has been identified as the source of following the ideology, such as weak state structures after the Kosovo war, unsustainable policies, corruption, total destruction of social values, identity crisis, weak economy, collapsing educational system and isolation.
inserbia.info/today/2015/04/kosovo-and-bih-have-highest-number-of-fighters-in-isis-per-capita/
Over 200 Kosovars Fighting For Islamic State In Iraq, Syria: Report
A new report has found that there are at least 232 citizens of Kosovo fighting alongside militant groups in Iraq and Syria. The country in southeastern Europe ranks eighth overall among Western states that have seen their citizens leave to join groups like the Islamic State.
The Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS), which published the report on Tuesday, found that the first Kosovo citizen to be killed fighting in Syria was a militant named Naman Demoli from Pristina, whose death was reportedly announced in a 2012 YouTube video. His death “raised some eyebrows,” according to the report, as it soon became apparent that there were dozens of other Kosovars fighting there.
www.ibtimes.com/over-200-kosovars-fighting-islamic-state-iraq-syria-report-1884248
ISIS recruitment in Kosovo
Kosovo is the youngest republic in Europe, proclaiming itself to be independent of Serbia in 2008. Today it seems to have become fertile recruiting ground for ISIS. During 2014, dozens of people were arrested for suspected terrorist activity and more than 300 left for the Middle East to join ISIS and Al-Nusra Front; more than 30 have been killed, according to government figures. The strong presence of foreign fighters from the Balkans and Kosovo was suggested when Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's speech declaring himself to be the "caliph" was translated into English, French, German, Turkish, Russian and Albanian.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/europe/17263-isis-recruitment-in-kosovo
"Church icons stolen in Kosovo sold to finance terrorism"
BELGRADE -- Some of the icons pillaged from the 35 Serbian Orthodox churches targeted in Kosovo in March 2004 have been sold in the black market.
The violence in Kosovo, known in Serbia as "the March pogrom," was organized by ethnic Albanians and targeted Serbs, their property, and holy places.
According to an Italian official attached to the World Customs Organization, some of the money earned through the sale of the stolen religious artefacts was also used "to finance terrorism," the daily Vecernje Novosti writes.
www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2015&mm=04&dd=06&nav_id=93710
I know for A FACT true self respecting Albanians don't go there ... even if Muslims... they're not to touch our icons.
The data comparing Kosovo to 21 Western European countries, including the US, Russia and Turkey, showed that Kosovo and BiH citizens comprise the highest number of fighters, per capita, in Syria and Iraq.
The specific ideology followed by ISIS fighters, “tekfir” has also been embraced by a number of Kosovo citizens. Tekfir followers exclude even other Muslim groups, and has been spreading in Kosovo more intensively since 2005, through imams from Skopje, who studied in Egypt, read the report.
A number of factors has been identified as the source of following the ideology, such as weak state structures after the Kosovo war, unsustainable policies, corruption, total destruction of social values, identity crisis, weak economy, collapsing educational system and isolation.
inserbia.info/today/2015/04/kosovo-and-bih-have-highest-number-of-fighters-in-isis-per-capita/
Over 200 Kosovars Fighting For Islamic State In Iraq, Syria: Report
A new report has found that there are at least 232 citizens of Kosovo fighting alongside militant groups in Iraq and Syria. The country in southeastern Europe ranks eighth overall among Western states that have seen their citizens leave to join groups like the Islamic State.
The Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS), which published the report on Tuesday, found that the first Kosovo citizen to be killed fighting in Syria was a militant named Naman Demoli from Pristina, whose death was reportedly announced in a 2012 YouTube video. His death “raised some eyebrows,” according to the report, as it soon became apparent that there were dozens of other Kosovars fighting there.
www.ibtimes.com/over-200-kosovars-fighting-islamic-state-iraq-syria-report-1884248
ISIS recruitment in Kosovo
Kosovo is the youngest republic in Europe, proclaiming itself to be independent of Serbia in 2008. Today it seems to have become fertile recruiting ground for ISIS. During 2014, dozens of people were arrested for suspected terrorist activity and more than 300 left for the Middle East to join ISIS and Al-Nusra Front; more than 30 have been killed, according to government figures. The strong presence of foreign fighters from the Balkans and Kosovo was suggested when Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's speech declaring himself to be the "caliph" was translated into English, French, German, Turkish, Russian and Albanian.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/europe/17263-isis-recruitment-in-kosovo
"Church icons stolen in Kosovo sold to finance terrorism"
BELGRADE -- Some of the icons pillaged from the 35 Serbian Orthodox churches targeted in Kosovo in March 2004 have been sold in the black market.
The violence in Kosovo, known in Serbia as "the March pogrom," was organized by ethnic Albanians and targeted Serbs, their property, and holy places.
According to an Italian official attached to the World Customs Organization, some of the money earned through the sale of the stolen religious artefacts was also used "to finance terrorism," the daily Vecernje Novosti writes.
www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2015&mm=04&dd=06&nav_id=93710
I know for A FACT true self respecting Albanians don't go there ... even if Muslims... they're not to touch our icons.