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Kosovo: Imam arrested for recruiting jihadis to fight in Iraq and Syria

Aug 14, 2014 8:07 am By Robert Spencer

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant“He is suspected of being one of the main inspirers of jihad.” Now wait a minute. He’s an imam, right? And we all know that those who think that jihad has anything to do with warfare against unbelievers are ignorant of the Qur’an’s true teachings and are misunderstanders of Islam, right? So surely an imam, someone who has dedicated his life to understanding Islam properly, would have nothing to do with the jihad terrorists who are twisting and hijacking his peaceful religion, right? Surely!

And we also all know, because all the learned and tenured authorities tell us, that in Kosovo all the Muslims are moderates — so again, something is going on here that just doesn’t fit the mainstream paradigm! What, oh what, could it be?

“Imam Arrested in Kosovo on Suspicion of Recruiting Islamist Fighters,” Reuters, August 14, 2014 (thanks to all who sent this in):

PRISTINA — Police in Kosovo arrested an imam on suspicion of recruiting Kosovars to fight in Iraq and Syria after 40 men were rounded up this week and on Thursday ordered to remain in detention.

The 30-year-old imam from the eastern town of Gjilan is accused of recruiting for the purpose of terrorism and organizing and participating in a terrorist group.

“He is suspected of being one of the main inspirers of jihad,” police said in a statement.

The imam’s arrest follows that of 40 men on Monday suspected of having fought with Islamist insurgents in Syria and Iraq. They were remanded in custody on Thursday for 30 days.

The phenomenon has alarmed many Kosovars, who are mainly Muslim ethnic Albanians but whose lifestyles are largely secular.

Police say 16 Kosovars have been killed in Syria and Iraq and intelligence sources believe between 100 and 200 are fighting there.

The landlocked and impoverished country, one of the poorest in Europe, became independent from Serbia in 2008, almost a decade after NATO went to war to halt the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians by Serbian forces under late strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

Kosovo’s parliament is expected to pass legislation soon banning citizens from joining foreign insurgencies, with a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison on conviction.

A number of European countries including Britain, France and the Netherlands have begun cracking down on citizens, mainly of an Islamic immigrant background, going to join radical Islamist insurrections in Syria and Iraq.

They are concerned such volunteers could eventually return to Europe battle-hardened, radicalized and posing a security threat.

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Aug 14, 2014 at 11:00 am

    “I swear my innocence before the court that I am not a Muslim nor have I ever been a caught and convicted of being a Muslim, I swear this as truth with one hand on the Qur’an with (3:28) on the world set loose”

  2. dumbledoresarmy says

    Aug 15, 2014 at 9:51 am

    Imams. Sheikhs. Mullahs, Ayatollahs.

    Whatever they’re called…what they are is Gang Bosses.

    Jihad Gang Bosses.

    head thugs.

  3. GP says

    Aug 16, 2014 at 2:16 am

    Michael Copeland (Guest):

    “Every single mosque in the world, by definition, is
    modeled on the mosque of Muhammad in Medina …. a storage place for arms, a military training base, and… where troops were blessed and dispatched.”
    Sam Solomon, former professor of Sharia law

    Please share this

  4. southeuropean says

    Aug 16, 2014 at 4:54 am

    Kosovo with two million people has more jihadists as fighters in the middle east than Turkey with population of 60 million people.

  5. SM says

    Aug 17, 2014 at 11:33 am

    None of this would have happened if Kosovo wasn’t given independency from Serbia. Who was the main driving force behind that move? That’s right, our old friends the US. There’s some food for thought.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Aug 18, 2014 at 3:36 am

      Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately accounted for by ignorance and folly.

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