External Muslim aid was essential to Bosnian state survival and shaped its Islamization.

Evidence

Manifestations of Muslim support for the Bosnians varied from humanitarian aid (including $90 million raised in 1995 in Saudi Arabia) through diplomatic support and massive military assistance to acts of violence, such as the killing of twelve Croatians in 1993 in Algeria by Islamist extremists “in response to the massacre of our Muslim co-religionists whose throats have been cut in Bosnia.” The rallying had a major impact on the course of the war. It was essential to the survival of the Bosnian state and its success in regaining territory after the initial sweeping victories of the Serbs. It greatly stimulated the Islamization of Bosnian society and identification of Bosnian Muslims with the global Islamic community. And it provided an incentive for the United States to be sympathetic to Bosnian needs. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 788