WI: Islamic State in Bosnia?

What if, in the wake of the Afghan War enough foreign fighters travel to Bosnia and are able to set up a Islamic state in the region. Lets say that the former Mujaheddin fighters see the collapse of Yugoslavia as a chance to spread Islam in Europe, drawing more Mujaheddin to the area to support Bosnian freedom fighters. How would a predominately Muslim state in Europe change things, if at all? Could the Balkans be more prone to future wars? What about in the War On Terror? How would a Muslim Bosnia fare?
 
What if, in the wake of the Afghan War enough foreign fighters travel to Bosnia and are able to set up a Islamic state in the region. Lets say that the former Mujaheddin fighters see the collapse of Yugoslavia as a chance to spread Islam in Europe, drawing more Mujaheddin to the area to support Bosnian freedom fighters. How would a predominately Muslim state in Europe change things, if at all? Could the Balkans be more prone to future wars? What about in the War On Terror? How would a Muslim Bosnia fare?

That would...suck.

The Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs outnumber the Muslim Bosniaks.
 
That would...suck.

The Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs outnumber the Muslim Bosniaks.

Sure. Except that the Croats and Serbs still hate each other. Even if they ally against this threat, infighting will still be a problem.

The Croats joining together with Alija Izzetbegovic makes much more sense in ousting the both the Serbs and the Mujahideen from power.
 
What if, in the wake of the Afghan War enough foreign fighters travel to Bosnia and are able to set up a Islamic state in the region. Lets say that the former Mujaheddin fighters see the collapse of Yugoslavia as a chance to spread Islam in Europe, drawing more Mujaheddin to the area to support Bosnian freedom fighters. How would a predominately Muslim state in Europe change things, if at all? Could the Balkans be more prone to future wars? What about in the War On Terror? How would a Muslim Bosnia fare?

Close to impossible considering the existing force of Alija Izzetbegovic is still bigger and he actually might get more Croat support to crush their attempt.

But how it will look like? I guess like Chechnya. Everyone knows it is an (autonomous) Islamic State but most people don't really care. And neither would US. If 9/11 still happens expect a lot of worried EU countries.
 
They tried OTL, and it was an important formative event in the history of al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad were present in Bosnia as "aid workers", and Ayman al-Zawahiri was deeply interested in the conflict. It's fortunate they were unable to attract greater support.
 
That would...suck.

The Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs outnumber the Muslim Bosniaks.

In 1991 - yes, the Croats and Serbs combined outnumber the Moslems. In 2018 - no, Muslims are majority, actualy as early as 2013 Moslems represent 51% of the census.
About 1/2 of Croats from Bosnia nowadays are either expelled from their homes during the war, or killed, or are leaving the country in ever greater rates, some to Croatia, but mostly for Germany and other EU countries (ethnical Croats can obtain documents from Republic of Croatia, that opens the doors of the EU). Nobody among the former Bosnian Croats is thinking of coming back, and fire-sales of property are the order of a day. Bosnian Serbs have it easier, since they have a separate entity, and it is not easy for them to obtain EU papers.
The 'Bosnian Federation' (that combined with Republika Srpska make Bosnia Herzegovina) is predominantly Moslem entity, with more than 70% of Moslems by 2013 census.
 
A certain memetic song from the Yugoslav wars became memetic on the internet a bit earlier than OTL... and probably all the baggage that comes along with it. In other words whether or not they actually accomplish anything is irrelevant, their mere existence (or in this case more coverage of their existence, as some others have already noted that they're already there) would fuel the flames of right-wing nationalism on the continent.
 
What if, in the wake of the Afghan War enough foreign fighters travel to Bosnia and are able to set up a Islamic state in the region. Lets say that the former Mujaheddin fighters see the collapse of Yugoslavia as a chance to spread Islam in Europe, drawing more Mujaheddin to the area to support Bosnian freedom fighters. How would a predominately Muslim state in Europe change things, if at all? Could the Balkans be more prone to future wars? What about in the War On Terror? How would a Muslim Bosnia fare?
An Islamic Bosnia in Europe is more likely than an Islamic Albania, but it is still a really implausible, almost ASB scenario.

Maybe this would butterfly away 9/11 since a takeover of a European country by terrorists might alert the public at large to the dangers of organized terrorism. A War On Terror would happen, though it would be substantially different from OTL. There would be no Afghan invasion unless a NATO member was attacked. Maybe not even then. It took an attack on US soil to create the motivation for an invasion in OTL.
 
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I think if this was the case, keep in mind that Bin Laden was known to the US at this point, and seen as a threat. My assumptions are that if Bosnia is an Islamist state run by foreign fighters, the Serbians are going to face less international opposition in removing Kebab.
 
I really can't see Al Qaeda or proto-Islamic State having any great success in Bosnia, the Bosniaks (and Albanians) doesn't have nice views of Arabs or Arabic Islamism, they tolerated them because of their need for allies and the money they came with. But honestly the war in Bosnia didn't lend itself to the same kind of warfare as in Afghanistan or the Middle East, also the Yugoslavs was better soldiers than the Syrians or Iraqi, and honestly a bunch of Arabs and Chechen starting the Islamic State bullshit in Bosnia would end with the Bosniaks butchering them before the Croats or Serbs get the chance.
 
and honestly a bunch of Arabs and Chechen starting the Islamic State bullshit in Bosnia would end with the Bosniaks butchering them before the Croats or Serbs get the chance.

So you probably haven't seen Mujahedin videos from El Mudjahid Unit from War in Bosna where they saw Serb POW on half alive or knock their heads with stones etc?
 
So those video's support the claim that Bosnians support an Islamic State á la Saudi Arabia?

Nope, I was just referring on that part "and honestly a bunch of Arabs and Chechen starting the Islamic State bullshit in Bosnia would end with the Bosniaks butchering them before the Croats or Serbs get the chance", as you can clearly see. And I don't know for any "butchered" mujahedin in Bosnia- especially by Bosniaks. On the contrary, they have given them passports.
 
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