Extremist rhetoric and violence by Wahhabi Islamists continues to rock the Kosovo Republic. As described a month ago here, the Balkan territory, with an overwhelming Muslim majority, has experienced a ...

PRISTINA (Reuters) - A prominent Kosovo imam was acquitted on Friday of charges that he had encouraged Kosovars to join radical Islamic groups in Syria and Iraq. Shefqet Krasniqi, the imam of the ...

Stoke City transfer target Xherdan Shaqiri has played down photos of him with radical cleric and terror suspect Shefqet Krasniqi. The Switzerland international, who ...

Inter Milan winger who posed and shook hands with imam accused of recruiting jihadist fighters in Kosovo insists he had no idea about the allegations Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...

Kosovo's special prosecutor has charged the imam of the country's main mosque with inciting terrorism by encouraging worshipers to go to Syria and Iraq and "wage jihad." In a February 27 statement, ...

Some imams use derogatory language about women in sermons, videos and social media posts, but the official organisation representing the country’s Muslims seems reluctant to take any action. This post ...

Fifteen people have been detained in Kosovo in an operation aimed at tackling recruitment of fighters for Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq. Among them are several imams, including the head of ...