The Balkan Islamic extremism, although it is considered as a taboo theme by most of the mainstream media, is still an issue debated in high-level and sensitive discussions between policy makers across the world, due to importance of the region as a historical fault line between the West and the East, in parallel with the ongoing interstate competitions that are cantered around South-eastern Europe.
In a leaked cable of the U.S State Dept, dated back in 2005, the then Ambassador of the States in Bulgaria, John Beyerle noted that “Foreign international organizations and institutions praise Islamic extremism in Bulgaria…the official Islamic charities depend financially on them…Muslim Bulgarian women in Southern Bulgaria are imitating Arabic looks”. The cable was classified as secret and events that have happened over the past few years have testified the existence of the aforementioned findings.