Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Time zone CET (UTC+1) | Municipality Brčko / Srebrenik | |
Political division Brčko District / Federation of BiH | ||
Abu omar khadab gornja mao a islamska dr ava
Gornja Maoča is a village in northeastern Bosnia that territorially belongs to the Brčko District, but administrativelly it belongs to the Srebrenik municipality, Tuzla Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is in the Majevica mountain range, located directly south from the village of Maoča. The name of the village can be translated as "Upper Maoča".
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- Abu omar khadab gornja mao a islamska dr ava
- Gornja mao a
- Geography
- History
- Links to terrorism
- References
The village is known for being a centre of the foreign and domestic Wahhabists, a radical Muslim group, most of whom were former volunteers of the El Mudžahid detachment of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War.
Gornja mao a
Geography
Gornja Maoča is a mountainous village located in Majevica, a low mountain range in northeastern Bosnia.
History
The village was formerly known as Karavlasi (Serbian Cyrillic: Каравласи). During the Bosnian War, the village was ethnically cleansed from its pre-war Serb population. After the war it was populated by foreign and domestic Wahhabists, the majority of whom participated in the war as members of the El Mudžahid detachment of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Links to terrorism
It has been the focus of a lot of police and international attention, with several raids in which weapons caches have been found and suspected terrorists arrested. In early 2015, ISIS flags and symbols have briefly appeared in the village too.
