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1. From what I've seen in Bosnian, it's closed to the public, but not completely shut down. Parts will continue, but the locations will not be announced to the public.

   The Reuters report is very British. The thugs were changing, "Kill, kill, kill the fag!"

   I'm still impressed by the fact that there were 300 people who attended, but only 70 opponents -- maybe 50 Wahabbis and 15 or so soccer-fan-hooligans (those you can see on the far side of the river in the video).

   Real Sarajevans, who have always valued tolerance, are scandalized by the intolerance of the opposition. Maybe it will lead to a real public dialog.

   Posted by: KevinVT | Sep 26, 2008 4:27:05 PM

   
   

2. how ironic that only a decade ago, these same muslims were victims of ethnic cleansing based on the fact that they were muslims. now here they are attempting to wreak the same brutality on gays that they themselves experienced.

   Posted by: alguien | Sep 26, 2008 4:32:06 PM

   
   

3. The irony is not lost on the more reasonable Sarajevans, who are directly saying the Wahabbis are no different from the Chetniks.

   The Beograd hooligans chanted EXACTLY the same thing with the same melody, only they were supposedly Orthodox Christians.

   Posted by: KevinVT | Sep 26, 2008 4:47:47 PM

   
   

4. The situation is apparently really bad at the moment in Sarajevo. NGO activists and participants activists were photographed and are being 'hunted' down and threatened. The police are doing nothing to stop people being attacked - even being dragged from cars onto the streets.

   I have some friends there who are very concerned but refuse to leave. There is a video on youtube (I can't find it however) calling for the beheading of individual NGO workers with their photographs.

   It's sickening. The police need to do their job. Extremists, what's the point of them, really?

   Posted by: Adam | Sep 26, 2008 5:49:03 PM

   
   

5. I can't say I'm surprised. I live and work in Belgrade and it's not much different. We were at the opening of a new gay club (since closed down) when someone threw a smoke bomb inside...the cops were outside and did nothing. The countries carved out of the former Yugoslavia (with the exception of Slovenia) are failing and I can't say they don't deserve it. The people are mostly indifferent and are waiting for someone to dig them out of the misery they created for themselves. (Damn that was jaded)...and I work for an NGO...you have to be worried when NGO workers no longer care!!!!

   Posted by: Trey | Sep 26, 2008 7:13:15 PM

   
   

6. The threats are indeed still coming, though I think the youtube video was already down yesterday.

   As far as I've seen, all of the violence happened the first night (Weds.), including following people to different parts of town and pulling them out of taxis (those guys were caught, I think).

   But the continued threats have resulted in the festival now being shut down -- even the part that was to be underground (or at least that's what they're telling the press).

   Posted by: Kevinvt | Sep 27, 2008 11:47:59 AM

   
   

7. Please, please read America Alone by Mark Steyn. He is a Canadian author who meticulouly points out that THIS is the way Islamic Fascists will turn Europe into Eurabia.

   When will the media begin calling this what it is? The French riots were not "youth" riots. Gay men in Ambsterdam are not being killed by "hooligans". The people on the left who have so openly called for acceptance and inclusion of the new Muslim immigrants to Europe in the past 20 years are being methodically terrorized, bullied, AND manipulated.

   By the way, Amnesty International criticized the Bosnian government for a failure to keep people safe. Did they ALSO criticize the Muslim terrorists who are commiting these acts?

   Posted by: roger | Sep 29, 2008 12:18:16 AM

   
   

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