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SS2 December 2023

Book Review ”ASPECTS OF ISLAMIC RADICALIZATION IN THE BALKANS AFTER THE FALL OF COMMUNISM” PETER LANG PUBLISHING GROUP

Nicoleta Annemarie MUNTEANU

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Abstract:The international volume ”Aspects of Islamic Radicalization in the Balkans After the Fall of Communism”, published in 2023 by the Peter Lang Publishing Group represents a genuine assessment of the Islamic fundamentalism way spread in the Balkans since communism` fall, among the Muslim population, which add to the already existing literature. The studies included in this volume bring to the fore specific issues regarding certain geographical areas: Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Serbia, as well as holistic approaches within the role of Islam in the Balkans and the related connections with the historical, religious, political, economic, and social aspects in terms of radicalization.
Keywords:Islamic fundamentalism; communism; radicalization; Salafism/Wahhabism; terorism;
Contact details of the authors:  E-mail: nicoleta.munteanu@ulbsibiu.ro  
Institutional affiliation of the authors:Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Institutions address:550324-Sibiu, Calea Dumbrăvii nr. 34, Tel./ Fax: 0040/269/422169