Bosnia court detains five Islamists under terrorism charges
SARAJEVO - Bosnia's state court has ordered one-month detention for five Islamists charged with organising and recruiting people to fight for radical groups in Syria and Iraq, the court said on Monday.
The five were among 16 people who were detained last week in police raids across Bosnia on charges of financing terrorist activities and recruiting and fighting abroad, the first such security sweep since jail terms of up to 10 years were introduced in April for those activities.
The move was aimed at discouraging young Bosnians from going to fight in Syria. Most Bosnian Muslims, known as Bosniaks, practice a moderate form of Islam but some young Muslims have embraced the ideas of the puritanical Sunni Wahhabi sect.
