Islamic Radicalism and Its Violent Exhibition in the Context of Balkan Region

Abstract

The text deals with the development and display of radical Islamic streams in the context of Balkan region. It focuses on the historical development of the Balkan or European Islam which was completely different from the development in the rest of the Islam world and which is determining for the current position of contemporary Muslim population towards the European secularism or co-existence of different religious groups. The text summarizes the most important violent events which were tied with the Islamic radicals in the last decades and assess the risk potential for the future.