In the capital of Macedonia, Skopje approximately 1500 radical islamists gathered to protest the arrest of 20 suspected extremists, some of which were charged with the murders of 4 high school students and a local fisherman that occured on 12th of April, 2012, a day known as Great Thursday - one day before the biggest orthodox christian holiday (Orthodox Easter). The kids where lined up and murdered execution style, with shots to the head. Link about the murders and link about the arrests.
The radical islamist protesters chanted Allahu Akbar, Death to Christians, War on Christians, and brandished Al Qaeda insignia.
Here are some pictures of the protests.
Macedonia is a predominantly christian country, but has a Albanian muslim minority that accounts for 20-25% of the population. Now, what is surprising is that some of the arrested were radicals who had fought against NATO forces in Afghanistan (according to the police), and also the traditional muslim religious leaders have warned the public months before these murders that they've lost control of some of their biggest mosques, and those mosques have become breeding ground for muslim radicals.
Here's an article about the rise of radical islam on the Balkans (yes, it's foxnews but the article is originally written by AP)...
Furthermore, there have been several cases in the past months where muslim radicals from the Balkans planned and/or executed terrorist attacks.
Kosovan immigrant, 25, to Florida 'planned to cause havoc with car bomb, machine guns and explosives belt
Terrorism Eyed in Attack at German Airport That Killed 2 U.S. Airmen
Gunman attacks U.S. embassy in Bosnia
And i bet you all remember the "Fort Dix Six".
Now, i wonder if anyone has any idea that these kinds of things are happening on the Balkan Penninsula, as i don't see any sort of media coverage on these events.
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