Word: muslim
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...detentions come at a time when many diplomats have grown concerned about the increasing influence of hard-line Muslims in a Bosnian government that has long pledged itself to a multiethnic state. President Alija Izetbegovic, a devout Muslim who was twice jailed under the communists for his religious activism, has always nurtured an ideal of Bosnia as a secular society that embraces Serb, Croat and Muslim alike. But now his vision is being challenged by a narrowed nationalistic focus...
Izetbegovic's ruling Party of Democratic Action (SDA) was founded in 1990 to pursue Muslim interests. Edhem Bicakcic, a member of its most radical wing, is one of the most powerful men in Bosnia and has declared, "The primary interest of the SDA is a state for Bosniacs [a revived term for Bosnian Muslims], which will secure our survival, and not a common life for which the other nations don't show any interest." During the war, the SDA turned to an increasingly despotic style of leadership. It fortified its position by placing party members in important jobs in industry...
...plight, such as Iran. As the army grew, the SDA began ordering officers to promote Islamic consciousness. In many barracks, soldiers are called to Islamic prayers, and bulletin boards announce courses about the Koran. The army's 3rd Corps even established a separate brigade composed entirely of devout Muslim soldiers and trained by fighters from Islamic countries. Troops marched under the green banner of Islam, charging into battle shouting, "Allahu Akbar!" The army's only remaining non-Muslim general, Jovan Divjak, a Bosnian Serb, holds no real authority and refers to himself as an "Ikebana," a decorative flower...
...Iranians, sitting atop an extensive arsenal of grenades, submachine guns, explosives and boobytrapped toys. The Iranians were in direct violation of the Dayton agreement, which said all foreign forces were to have left Bosnia by January 19. But what has the U.S. most worried were allegations that Bosnia's Muslim government had links to the Iranians. "No one can escape the obvious, that terrorist training activity was going on in this building and it has direct association with people in the government," U.S. Admiral Leighton Smith said Friday after an inspection of the chalet. TIME's Alexandra Stiglmayer reports that...
...being unfairly singled out for war crimes violations. Stung by the capture and extradition to The Hague of two Serb army officers accused of war crimes, Bosnian Serb leaders have broken off all contact with the NATO peacekeeping force and have warned all Serbs not to cross into Muslim-held areas of Sarajevo. Bosnia's Muslim government is still holding out for more Serbs accused of war crimes, and in retaliation, Serbs have reportedly arrested three Muslims suspected of killing Serb civilians. Mounting suspicions on all sides have translated into more restrictions and controls for people crossing supposedly open borders...