DAR AL HARB / ISLAM - BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:

Wahhabis Spread Terror In Bosnia And Herzegovina

We are forbidden to play music, they make our women cover themselves up, they call us infidels, say the fearful locals. photo: Nezavisne novine In the seemingly peaceful village of Barcici near Kalesija, several dozen families live in fear of the Wahhabis who gather in the village slaughterhouse, and whose leader is Jusuf Barcic.

Around thirty followers of Barcic's teachings bow in the slaughterhouse every day, while other locals go to the mosque, located several kilometres in the direction of Kalesija, for religious service, report Nezavisne novine.

Locals claim that several dozen Wahhabis from Travnik, Bocinja, Mostar, Ilijas, and other towns, gather in Barcici on weekends.

Dead head will fall here

It is easy to recognize them as radical Islamists based on their appearance. Men have long beards and women have even their faces covered.

- The dead head will fall here. No one among us knows whether he or she will live to see the morning. When you are passing by the side of the road, he will hit you unless you get out of his way. He fears no one and says he only recognizes god's law – say the frightened local inhabitants of Barcici.

They ask that all women cover themselves up

The locals say that, at night, the Wahhabis play cassettes in the slaughterhouse from military operations with recorded speeches of Alija Izetbegovic and Rasim Delic. Out of fear and because of the noise, they cannot sleep and, recently, about forty locals went to the police station to seek help.

The locals point out that Jusuf Barcic has been calling them infidels for years, that he asks all the local women to cover themselves up with scarves, that they are not allowed to play any kind of music in their homes, and that, at night, they hardly ever leave the houses.

Islamic community is lying

- The Islamic community is lying about having the Wahhabis under control. Barcic does what he wants here and no one can do anything to him. Here, take my house and find me a shed so that I can move away from here – says Hana Kadric, a resident of Barcici.

They tried locking up the slaughterhouse and having the Islamic community use it for the education of children, the purpose for which it was designed.


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