Islam and "Islamism" in Bosnia
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eter Masarechi, saw four basic reasons to explain the more intensive Islamization in Bosnia: the 'heretical past' of the Bosnians, which had left them confessionally weak and capable of transferring their allegiance to Islam; the example of many Bosnians who had attained high office through the devşirme, and as powerful men were in a position to encourage their relatives and associates to convert; a desire to escape from the burdens of taxation and other services levied on non-Muslim citizens; and finally, an equally strong desire to escape theproselytizing importunities of Franciscan monks among the Orthodox population.[108
lways on a purely religious ground, it is also said, by the orientalist Thomas Walker Arnoldfor instance, that because of the major heresy in the region at the time, oppressed by the Catholics and against whom Pope John XXII even launched a crusade in 1325, the people were more receptive to the Ottoman Turks. In fact, in the tradition of Bosnian Christians, there were several practices that resembled Islam; like for instance; praying five times a day (reciting the Lord's Prayer).
witnessed by a keen English observer, Paul Rycaut, who states in The Present State of the Ottoman Empire in 1670: "But those of this Sect who strangely mix Christianity and Mahometanism together, are many of the Souldiers who live on the confines of Hungary and Bosnia; reading the gospel in the Sclavonian tongue…; besides which, they are curious to learn the mysteries of the Alchoran [Quran], and the Law of Arabick tongue. [...] The Potures [Muslims] of Bosna are of this Sect, but pay taxes as Christians do; they abhor Images and the sign of the Cross; they circumcise, bringing the Authority of Christ’s example for it."
That is not to say that Ottoma warfare was not cruel, as becomes evident in their practice of impaling their enemies. There has been no evidence on systematic or large-scale impalements of civilians.
IS in Osve in in Gornja Maoca in Republika Srpska. Tuzla extremey chea flights from Germany, considering that 700 came from Germany to join IS. An IS attack from Bosnia would also further harm the Islamic world and their reputation