.... The spread of Islamic militancy is not the major issue – at least not yet, despite what some northern Europeans and Americans fear, based on reports of Islamic religious schools springing up in the Bosnian countryside.
Rather the increased activity in Bosnia by Muslim-majority nations appears to be a reflection of the desire, particularly of Turkey, to expand its sphere of influence in one corner of Europe while also buttressing a small nation that was once part of the Ottoman Empire and has had a Muslim majority for centuries.
Turkey has been following similar policies in Iraq and other Middle Eastern nations for some time, officially and unofficially. [The Nation] Read more
