Bosnia setences Salafi figure to seven years in prison over recruiting for Daesh
A court in Bosnia has handed down a seven-year jail term to a Salafi preacher for encouraging, organizing and recruiting volunteers for the Takfiri Daesh group operating in Syria.
Husein Bosnic, the unofficial leader of the ultra-conservative Salafi movement in Bosnia, had used “skillful oral manipulation” in his role as preacher and lured people into joining Daesh, according to a verdict by Judge Amela Huskic issued on Thursday.
The ruling is rooted in a new law that effectively bars people from fighting in foreign wars.
The Bosnian police arrested Bosnic last year along with a dozen other suspects during a crackdown on Daesh sympathizers.
At least six of the Salafi leader’s recruits have reportedly died on the battlefield in Syria. The witnesses in the trial were either angry parents whose children had gone to Syria or returnees, who said Bosnic’s teachings were devoid of any truth.
The Salafi leader is reported to have personally selected his volunteers and issued recommendations for them to be admitted by Daesh.
A group of foreign Salafis managed to infiltrate the Islamic community in Bosnia during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Official estimates show that 200 Bosnians have left the country over the past three years – including some women and minors – to join Daesh and other Takfiri groups in Syria. Prosecutors in Bosnic’s trial said around 100 Bosnians remained active in militancy in foreign lands, as nearly half of those people have returned; they said 26 had died in battles.
Bosnic’s lawyers have said they will appeal the verdict at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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