491:, together with a Danish citizen. A home-made suicide belt, 18 kilograms (40 lb) of factory-made explosives, timing devices, detonators and a Hi-8 videotape with footage demonstrating how to make a home-made bomb were found. A video (to be published following planned attacks) of the two arrested, in ski masks, surrounded by explosives and weapons, was found, in which they say that they will attack sites in Europe to punish nations with forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. They were suspected of planning a
656:, both Kosovo Albanians, and planned attacks on international and state institutions, ultimately with the intent to establish an Islamic state. They planned to attack the Israeli football team during a match in Albania, and potentially Kosovo government institutions and Serbian Orthodox Church sites. A group of ethnic Albanians, Kosovo-born immigrants to Italy, were arrested by Italian police in Venice on 30 March 2017 for planning blowing up the
1022:. No. While 90 per cent of Kosovoās ethnic Albanian majority identify themselves as Sunni Muslim, this has more of a cultural than a religious resonance centuries after Ottoman Turks first brought Islam to the region. In general, Kosovar Muslims wear their faith lightly ā overall mosque attendance is low and several other tenets are either observed casually or not at all
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516:, fired on the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo, resulting in one local policeman guarding the embassy being wounded in the arm, while the shooter was wounded by a police sniper. On 24 April 2012 Mevlid JaÅ”areviÄ was indicted by a federal grand jury in the
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613:, according to Kosovo police reports. As of September 2014, a total of 48 ethnic Albanians have been killed fighting in Syria. The number of fighters from Kosovo is at least 232 and estimated at more than 300 (as of 11 February 2016).
591:, which is dominant in Saudi Arabia, has gained a foothold in Kosovo through Saudi diplomacy. Saudi money has paid for new mosques, while Saudi-educated imams have arrived since the end of the war in 1999. During
537:, he also advocated the "victory of Islam", promoting war and bloodshed. Moreover, in 2012 he called for other Muslims to join the Jihad and to defend Islam, for which he was briefly arrested and soon released.
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936:"'Terrorist' attack on Bosnian police station ā DW ā 04/27/2015"
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1251:"Kosovo thwarts 'synchronized' Islamic State terror attacks"
1292:"Lavdrim Muhaxheri, ISIS Warrior, Remains Threat to Kosovo"
836:"British computer whiz-kid exports terror via internet"
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Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network
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1144:"Kosovo police arrest 40 for fighting in Iraq, Syria"
684:, Bosnian Wahhabist, terrorist (2011 Sarajevo attack)
672:(b. 1972), Bosnian Salafi leader, terrorist organizer
1404:"How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS"
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1068:bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America
895:Mackey, Robert; Gladstone, Rick (2011-10-28).
757:"Bosnia: The Algerian Six prepare their cases"
18:Islamic terrorism in the Republic of Macedonia
1197:"JoÅ” jedan kosovski Albanac poginuo u Siriji"
1176:"Vesti - 100 Albanaca sa KiM ratuje u Siriji"
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868:"Haris ÄauÅ”eviÄ osuÄen na 35 godina zatvora"
979:"Vehabijski voÄa BosniÄ "zvecka" sabljama!"
690:(1989ā2017), Kosovo Albanian ISIS commander
678:(1990ā2017), Kosovo Albanian ISIS commander
483:, was arrested on 19 October 2005 during a
897:"Gunman Fires at U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo"
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1211:"Who are the Kosovar fighters in Syria?"
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524:2015 Zvornik police station shooting
1329:Garibi: mudžahedini u BiH 1992-1999
1294:. Balkan Insight. 18 November 2016.
1249:Stanglin, Doug (17 November 2016).
268:Insurgency in the Maghreb and Sahel
193:Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
808:"Terrorism's Hook Into Your Inbox"
781:"Trio 'linked to terrorist films'"
384:Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq
308:Moro insurgency in the Philippines
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303:Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1390:from the original on 2023-01-11
834:McGrory, Daniel (7 June 2006).
698:2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting
298:Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
293:East Turkestan Islamic Movement
1065:Yossef Bodansky (4 May 2011).
605:By April 2015, a total of 232
362:Islamism in the United Kingdom
328:Arab mujahideen in Afghanistan
169:Notable jihadist organisations
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1402:Testa, Andrew (2016-05-21).
1305:Squires, Nick (2017-03-30).
806:Krebs, Brian (5 July 2007).
564:Kosovo has a mainly secular
288:Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
1098:. Routledge. pp. 34ā.
575:Islamist volunteers in the
546:The Iztok neighbourhood of
350:Islamic terrorism in Europe
208:Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan
198:Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
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263:Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
1014:FITZGERALD, MARY (2012).
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149:International propagation
1326:HeÄimoviÄ, Esad (2009).
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1431:History of the Balkans
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452:Bosnia and Herzegovina
121:Islamic fundamentalism
47:Practices and concepts
624:has grown in Kosovo.
531:Husein BosniÄ "Bilal"
258:Boko Haram insurgency
218:Islamic State of Iraq
1307:"Italian police ..."
343:Jihadism in the West
238:Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
848:on January 12, 2008
708:Macedonian Albanian
634:1995 Rijeka bombing
511:Bosniak from Serbia
389:Homegrown terrorism
32:Part of a series on
1436:Islamism in Europe
901:The New York Times
755:Kaletovic, Damir.
712:2020 Vienna attack
458:Mostar car bombing
377:Bosnian mujahideen
323:Taliban insurgency
251:Jihadism in Africa
1383:978-0-415-50648-9
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