Bosnian mujahideen

Bosnian mujahideen
Active1992–95
Disbanded1995
Country Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Branch Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
TypeInfantry
Sizeestimates vary from 500 to 5,000(details)
EngagementsBosnian War

Bosnian mujahideen (Bosnian: Bosanski mudžahedini), also called El Mudžahid (Arabic: مجاهد, mujāhid), were foreign Muslim volunteers who fought on the Bosnian Muslim side during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. They first arrived in central Bosnia in the latter half of 1992 with the aim of helping their Bosnian Muslim co-religionists in fights against Serb and Croat forces. Initially they mainly came from Arab countries, later from other Muslim-majority countries.[2] Estimates of their numbers vary from 500 to 5,000 with most estimates in the 1,000–2,000 range.[3]

  1. ^ "Rasim Delić Case Information Sheet" (PDF). haguejusticeportal.net. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
  2. ^ "Bosnia: The cradle of modern jihadism?". BBC News. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ Donnelly, Sanderson & Fellman 2017, p. 8.

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