Is Kosovo Independence A Conspiracy by Muslim Extremists?
As the clock ticks down for the day when Kosovo declares independence, a whirlwind of conspiracy theories have surfaced and resurfaced. I found another one of these theories that I thought I’d share from my favorite website for getting the pulse of the Serbian government, Serbianna. One of the main conspiracy theories is that the quest for Kosovo independence is actually a movement by muslim extremists. The conspiracy goes on that if we let muslim extremists get their country, then like dominos, muslim extremists everywhere will demand their own country. This conspiracy theory is not at the fringe of Serbian politics. That’s the scary thing. Further, this muslim extremist conspiracy theory is the very one that Slobodan used to justify ethnic cleansing. We have not learned from history, have we? Part 1: 2006 and 2007 Secessions By Vojin Joksimovich December 10, 2007 Pierre Marti, a Belgian economist, convinced me that the term independence used by the Western governments and the mainstr