Bosnian mujahideen
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Bosnian mujahideen were foreign Muslim volunteers who fought on the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) side during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. These first arrived in central Bosnia in the second half of 1992 with the aim of fighting for Islam (as Mujahideen), helping their Bosnian Muslim co-religionists to defend themselves from the Serb and Croat forces. Mostly they came from North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East. Estimates of their numbers vary from 500–5,000.
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See also
- 7th Muslim Brigade
- Active Islamic Youth
- Muslim Brotherhood
- Operation Gladio B
- Foreign fighters in the Bosnian War
- Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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