“The suspects’ lawyers dismissed the allegations as a ‘simple farce’ and said their clients were merely ‘practising their religion.'” Oh yes indeed.
“Bosnia says arrests foiled Islamist attack in Sarajevo,” AFP, December 26, 2015:
Sarajevo (AFP) – A Bosnian anti-terrorism prosecutor has said the recent arrests of 11 suspected jihadists prevented an attack that purportedly would have killed around 100 holiday revellers in Sarajevo, state television said Saturday.
The arrests were carried out Tuesday in several parts of the Bosnian capital.
On Friday, a Sarajevo court ordered eight of the suspects to be held for 30 days, Bosnian television reported.
It quoted prosecutor Dubravko Campara as telling an investigating magistrate that the group were planning “a terrorist act during end-of-year celebrations.”
“They were threatening to carry out an explosives attack in which 100 people would be killed,” RTRS television quoted Campara as saying.
The suspects’ lawyers dismissed the allegations as a “simple farce” and said their clients were merely “practising their religion”.
Prosecutors said the suspects habitually gathered at a place of worship set up in a rented house in a Sarajevo suburb.
After the arrests, prosecutors gave reporters a photograph taken at the site showing a printout of the Islamic State group flag on the wall.
“Physical evidence of the links with the Islamic State group structures were seized,” Campara said, while adding that no explosives were found in the raids.
The operation was conducted in several Sarajevo districts, including in Rajlovac, where two members of Bosnia’s armed forces were killed in November in a suspected terror attack by a man who then blew himself up.
Around 40 percent of Bosnia’s population of 3.8 million are Muslim, most of whom follow a moderate form of Islam. Orthodox and Catholic Christians make up most of the rest of the population.
Of some 200 Bosnian nationals who joined jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq in 2012 and 2013, at least 26 have died while about 50 have returned to the Balkan country, authorities say….

Michael Copeland says
Reporters always refer to mosques only as places of worship, as if prayer is all that happens. They need some education. The “Community Centre” is much much more. It is a kaffir-excluding centre for muslim conspiracy, for applying sinister peer-group pressure so as to induce conformity, a social meeting place, a place for shared meals, a court, a school, a training place for jihadis, a storage place for arms, and so on.
Islam :- the religion of con artists says
Here’s the thing,,,, the mosques always have been the centre of muslim conspiracy etc …
They didn’t change their operations because left wing media came along ..
Theodoric says
“Around 40 percent of Bosnia’s population of 3.8 million are Muslim, most of whom follow a moderate form of Islam.”
– Yes, you greasy Islamophobes, there certainly IS a “a moderate form of Islam” – it’s the form of Islam in which the Believers only slaughter the Kafirs on New Years Eve. And if that’s not moderate, I don’t know what is.
American says
They’re both right. They’re terrorists, but they’re just following their religion.
Emjay See says
They are not Muslims as such, they are ‘Jihadi Fascists’ using a type of Islamic flag as convenience to operate under. They follow a kind of Islam which most of the Muslims in UK follow.
I’m not a Muslim but have many friends who are, I have read the Quran, and yes there is plenty of ancient text which I deploy.
Bombing is not an answer, but I think its the best the West has to offer at this moment. Much I could write but now is not the moment. I;m a lapsed Quaker with strong Humanistic views
nicu says
This cult of Satan and death should be banned in our countries – for good !
خَليفة says
His lawyer got it right “he’s just practicing his religion”
And this is why any and all mosques linked to terrorism/terror plots need to be investigated and/or shut down/destroyed and assets ceased.
At a certain point non-Muslims will have to take a stance of no tolerance to jihad activity.
If a person breaks into your house and tries to kill you, you don’t disarm them and offer them breakfast, nor do you passively let them kill you.
All western nations should boycott all nations that Have not signed and abide by the universal declaration of human rights. No Muslim nation has signed it
Bender says
I thinke the best thing to do is to bomb the – Serbs.
It was so smart and it was such a good strategic decision by the West to support muslims in their was against the Christians in Bosnia.
Now we all see how it was an amazing decision…
Angemon says
Yes. Yes, they were.