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| '''Gornja Maoča''' is a village in ] municipality, ]. | '''Gornja Maoča''' is a mountainous village in the ] municipality, ] notable for being a stronghold for ]s, radical Muslims, whereas the rest of the Bosnian Muslims are moderate and secular. | ||
| ==Links to terrorism== | |||
| It has been the focus of a lot of police and international attention, with several raids in which weapons caches have been found and suspected terrorists arrested. The entrance to the village is adorned with an Islamic State (ISIS) emblem, and ISIS flags are flying on village houses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Inside the Bosnian mountain village where locals fly the black flag of ISIS above their homes as jihadists' influence spreads|publisher=Daily Mail|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2940244/A-far-welcoming-village-Entrance-Bosnian-mountain-hamlet-branded-Islamic-State-emblem-homes-fly-terrorists-flag-group-s-influence-spreads.html}}</ref> | |||
| *On 28 October 2011, ], an inhabitant of the village, attacked the US Embassy in Sarajevo with an ]. | |||
| *], a Bosnian Muslim cleric and unofficial leader of the Salafist movement in Bosnia, was arrested in September 2014 and is currently on trial for recruiting ISIS fighters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Middle East Updates / Bosnian imam on trial for recruiting ISIS fighters|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/middle-east-updates/1.641980}}</ref> In 2013 he called for an non-Muslim tax on Serbs and Croats, modeled after Ottoman practises.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bosnian extremist wants to tax non-Muslims|publisher=B92|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2013&mm=02&dd=18&nav_id=84751}}</ref> In his various khutbas, 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.<ref name=DS>{{cite news|last=Sladojević |first=Dragan |title=Vehabijski vođa Bosnić »zvecka« sabljama! |url=http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/bih/Vehabijski-vodja-Bosnic-zvecka-sabljama-231587.html |date=18 February 2014 |accessdate=11 September 2014 |language=Serbian}}</ref> | |||
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| *{{cite web|title=Gornja Maoča, selo radikalnih vehabija|publisher=B92|url=http://www.b92.net/putovanja/destinacije/evropa.php?&nav_id=389355}} | |||
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Gornja Maoča is a mountainous village in the Srebrenik municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina notable for being a stronghold for Wahhabists, radical Muslims, whereas the rest of the Bosnian Muslims are moderate and secular.
Links to terrorism
It has been the focus of a lot of police and international attention, with several raids in which weapons caches have been found and suspected terrorists arrested. The entrance to the village is adorned with an Islamic State (ISIS) emblem, and ISIS flags are flying on village houses.
- On 28 October 2011, Mevlid Jašarević, an inhabitant of the village, attacked the US Embassy in Sarajevo with an AK-47.
- Husein Bosnić "Bilal", a Bosnian Muslim cleric and unofficial leader of the Salafist movement in Bosnia, was arrested in September 2014 and is currently on trial for recruiting ISIS fighters. In 2013 he called for an non-Muslim tax on Serbs and Croats, modeled after Ottoman practises. In his various khutbas, 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.
References
- "Inside the Bosnian mountain village where locals fly the black flag of ISIS above their homes as jihadists' influence spreads". Daily Mail.
- "Middle East Updates / Bosnian imam on trial for recruiting ISIS fighters".
- "Bosnian extremist wants to tax non-Muslims". B92.
- Sladojević, Dragan (18 February 2014). "Vehabijski vođa Bosnić »zvecka« sabljama!" (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 September 2014.
External links
44°46′11″N 18°39′01″E / 44.769858°N 18.650311°E / 44.769858; 18.650311
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