“In an open letter earlier, Beganovic condemned the calls on young men in BiH by Bilal Bosnic, an imam in the nearby village of Buzim, to join Islamic State and fight in the wars in Syria and Iraq. Beganovic was then verbally attacked by radical Islamists, who set his car on fire and threatened to kill his children, Dnevni Avaz said. He said he believed that such persons were behind the stabbing.”
Here is yet another illustration of why we don’t see more sincere Islamic reformers: “Imam who condemns Islamic State stabbed in N-W Bosnia,” Dalje.com, December 9, 2014 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
An imam of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), known for his opposition to the recruiting of young men in BiH to fight for Islamic State, has been stabbed and seriously injured, Dnevni Avaz daily said on Tuesday, adding that police were investigating the attack.
Selvedin Beganovic, an imam in Trnovi near Velika Kladusa in northwestern BiH, was attacked last night, saying a masked person stabbed him in the left shoulder and hand. “When he tried to stab me in the stomach, I managed to defend myself and punched him, after which he stumbled and ran.”
In an open letter earlier, Beganovic condemned the calls on young men in BiH by Bilal Bosnic, an imam in the nearby village of Buzim, to join Islamic State and fight in the wars in Syria and Iraq. Beganovic was then verbally attacked by radical Islamists, who set his car on fire and threatened to kill his children, Dnevni Avaz said.
He said he believed that such persons were behind the stabbing.
Bosnic is in custody after being arrested in September with a larger group of his supporters on suspicion of inciting terrorism. The BiH State Prosecutor’s Office has said that an indictment might be filed soon.