Nonaligned-movement ties were recast as evidence of radical plots

Evidence

Religious nationalists in Serbia then charged a plot between Libya and Bosnian Muslims. During the 1970s Yugoslavia and Libya had been partners in the nonaligned block of nations that refused allegiance to either the Western Alliance or the Soviet Bloc. Through cultural, educational, and economic interchanges, many Yugoslavs of all ethnic and religious backgrounds worked or studied in Libya, including Bosnians such as Haris Silajdiic, who went on to become Prime Minister of Bosnia. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 312

Categorization

• XREF: Shows how mundane institutional relationships become damning evidence under a hate-framing regime — connects to Orientalism material.