Kosovo moves to deradicalise jailed jihadists

Kosovo launched Friday a programme aimed at de-radicalising its jailed jihadists, including lectures in prisons by moderate imams. More than 90 percent of Kosovo's 1.8 million inhabitants are Muslims who practise a moderate form of Islam. But over the past few years more than 300 Kosovo nationals have gone to join jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq. About 50 of them have been killed. It is believed that they fell under the influence of a group of local imams educated in Arab countries that practise a radical interpretation of Islam.
Of the 100 or so jihadists who have returned to Kosovo, around 80 are currently being detained, either found guilty of crimes or awaiting trial.