Bałkański tygiel bezpieczeństwa kulturowego – radykalizacja w Bośni i Hercegowinie
- Institution: Pałac Kultury i Nauki
- Year of publication: 2018
- Source: Show
- Pages: 158-177
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2018108
- PDF: so/13/so1308.pdf
Balkan melting pot of cultural security – radicalization in Bosnia and Hercegovina
After the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, radical Islam spread in the country. The process of radicalization was influenced by the activity of Islamic charities and development assistance from Saudi Arabia and the settlement of former Arab fighters in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The article aims to argue the importance of the problem of cultural security and radicalization in the Balkans, and in particular in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the authorities try to implement educational policy that tackles multiculturalism and religion, as well as to open a dialogue with radicals who have become a threat to the majority of residents. Nonetheless, there are many people in Bosnia and Herzegovina who are vulnerable to radical ideology, which in extreme cases resulted in them taking a journey to Syria and Iraq and joining the so-called Islamic State. The reasons behind this decision were, among others: unemployment, poverty and lack of faith in a better future for the young generation.