Authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina have initiated a new proceeding against Husein Bilal Bosnic, a prominent local Wahhabi preacher, reports the Sarajevo daily of record, Oslobodjenje [Liberation]. Bosnic is already behind bars, convicted of organizing groups to join the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS).
In 2014, Bosnia-Herzegovina imposed prison sentences up to 10 years for jihadist recruitment, later increasing the maximum to 20 years. Husein Bosnic, in his early forties, was arrested for ISIS agitation and sentenced in November 2015 to seven years’ incarceration. Bosnic was apprehended at the notorious Wahhabi enclave of Gornja Maoca in northeastern Bosnia, which has been raided repeatedly by Bosnian security personnel and where ISIS flags have been displayed.
