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- Title
WAHHABISM AS A SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR THE BALKANS.
- Authors
RISTOSKA, Zhanet; POPOVSKA, Biljana
- Abstract
Wahhabism has expanded among Balkan countries as a religious doctrine, which opposes the traditional practice of Islam. It occurred by the end of the twentieth and continued to expand in the course of the twenty-first century. Balkan countries which have a population of Islamic faith have been characterized with clashes between the Islamic religious communities and the followers of Wahhabism. However, what concerns is the fact that many members of this religious practice maintain relationships and are involved in the ranks of known terrorist organizations. In addition, some have participated in several terrorist activities in the region and there is a large number of them who went to the battlefields in Syria and joined the ranks of ISIS. The aim of this article is to present certain phenomena and problems associated with the spread of Wahhabism in several countries in the region and indicate the need for consistent monitoring and study of the relationship of the members of this religious movement with terrorist organizations and activities in order to recognize and timely respond to it as to maintain a solid quantum of national and regional safety.
- Subjects
BALKAN Peninsula; WAHHABIYAH; NATIONAL security; TERRORIST organizations; RELIGIOUS communities; FAITH (Islam); RELIGIOUS movements; ISLAMIC State (Organization)
- Publication
Contemporary Macedonian Defense / Sovremena Makedonska Odbrana, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 30, p85
- ISSN
1409-8199
- Publication type
Article