To avoid expulsion, a Moroccan terrorist apply for political asylum in Belgium

Held currently in a center in Bruges (Belgium), Moroccan terrorist Malika El Aroud will be expelled after being convicted for terrorism, wants to prevent this decision by applying for political asylum.

Belgian newspaper La Libre recalls that the woman served an eight-year sentence for financing a terrorist organization in 2002 and for recruiting fighters in the favor of the same group. The process of depriving her from the Belgian citizenship started in 2014. Refusing to reconsider her Salafist positions, the Brussels court upheld this decision.

Widow of a jihadist, Malika El Aroud was stripped of her Belgian citizenship on November the 30th, 2017. On October the 11th, she was arrested at her place and is expected to be deported to Morocco. Hoping to delay the decision, she applied for asylum.

According to Le Soir, the national believes that she might be subjected to torture and ill-treatment in Morocco. The same source, however, reports that the Council for Alien Law Litigation refused the «urgency» of her application.