Saudi aid has also affected the architecture of Islam in Kosovo, leading to the dismantling of centuries-old Ottoman mosques whose ornamentation was offensive to Salafism, including the Hadim Suleiman Aga mosque and Library in Djakovica, Kosovo. [91]

Feb 11, 2021 · In the recent decades, several groups of people in Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia have appeared under the name “Salafi”.

Radio Free Europe has addressed the Kosovo Police with questions about whether it has identified individuals or possible groups with militant Salafist ideology in Kosovo, as well as whether they are being monitored by law enforcement agencies.

Starting in the mid-1970s and 1980s (and appearing to diminish after 2017), [1] the international propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism within Sunni Islam and throughout the Muslim world, [7] favored by the conservative oil-exporting Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [11] and other Gulf monarchies, achieved [a] a "preeminent position of strength in the ...

the other way from Salafist influences. In an article published in the New York Times, Carlotta Gall conducted interviews with a wide range of insiders and officials, and concluded that radicalisation in Kosovo had taken place ‘under the watch of American officials.’28 As Gall noted, Kosovo was once amongst the most pr

Feb 20, 2022 · First, I present data from Kosovo to argue that the country may be used as a control to establish the Wahhabi influence as the dominant source of Salafi radicalization worldwide, identify the Sharia platform as a causal pathway, and assist in process tracing.

Nov 25, 2023 · Radio Free Europe addressed the Islamic Community of Kosovo based in Pristina with a request to comment on the assessment of the European Commission in the progress report that "militant Salafist ideology" threatens Kosovo.

Dec 24, 2012 · Ramiqi is sharply critical of Kosovo’s government, as well as the mainstream religious establishment. However, he insists that his group rejects violence and is not a threat …

May 23, 2018 · In particular, many local analysts, experts and researchers highlight the fact that these Gulf backed foundations have introduced into Kosovo a form of Salafi/Wahhabi puritan form of Islam...

Eleven individuals and fifty non-governmental organizations bear the primary responsibility for cultivating and spreading religious extremism in Kosovo.