A Spanish national of Moroccan descent was arrested this morning in Belgium, in Zaventem (center), by members of the Belgian security forces in an operation conducted by the Spanish Intelligence Bureau, according the Spanish news agency Servimedia. The information was confirmed by the Spanish Interior Minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido. Detenido en Bélgica un español de ascendencia marroquí de 26 años por liderar una célula de captación y adoctrinamiento
Mohamed Aabbassi, who had rescued a mother and her child during a fire in a building in Antwerp, was honored on Monday by the City of Brussels for his brave gesture. This is reported by the Belgian television Bx1, indicating that the young man received the medal of heroism from the Mayor Philippe Close (PS). A well-known player from the Brussels sports world, he had saved the lives of two people, a mother and her baby, during a fire in Antwerp. He worked in a snack in the Flemish city when he
The Muslim Executive of Belgium (EMB) wants to establish a training seminar for Imams, said Salah Echallaoui, president of the representative body of the Islamic cult and the Muslim community in Belgium, on the 9th of September to Le Soir, a daily newspaper. «At the moment, we are forced to take imams from abroad because we do not have them here. Our seminar will be used to train these foreign imams who arrive in Belgium, to provide continuous training to recognized imams and to offer
A thousand people gathered yesterday afternoon in Brussels to support the Hirak popular movement in the Rif region. They marched from the Brussels-south railway to the parliament, reports Belga, the Belgian news agency. According to the police, 1,200 people participated to the demonstration. «We want to support the demands of the Rif population and bring them to the Belgian authorities», the protesters said. «We can not accept that in a country that has so many links
The number of funerals organized according to the Muslim rituals is increasing sharply in Brussels, indicates online newspaper, Sud Info Quoting VRT Nieuws. The Evere cemetery (Brussels-Capital Region) has, for example, seen the number of Muslim graves almost triple since 2003. «It seems to me that the link with the country of origin is shrinking,» says Ludo Beckers, Director of the Evere Cemetery. «When people of Muslim faith return to their country, they are
Growing up in Molenbeek, one of the 19 municipalities in the Brussels-capital region known for crime and terrorism, Mohamed El Marcouchi worked hard to fight against prejudices. The 29-old-year Belgian-Moroccan boxer had to break up with the stereotype associated to immigrants living in Belgium being a role model and a good example for youths in Molenbeek.
Adnan has two passions in life. This Brussels-born man of Moroccan descent is indeed an aficionado of two types of art : cooking and music. The young man is proud of the contrast: «I'm a singer and a cook», he says. Portrait.
She is only 16 years old and has disappeared for more than a year to join the terrorist group «Islamic State», according to Berliner Zeitung. To be part of the Jihad, Linda W. ended up being arrested last week in Mosul, a German court said on Saturday. According to several German media sources, the girl from Pulstnitz (east) was captured by Iraqi soldiers along with four other women, also members of the terrorist organization. The Iraqi authorities handed over to the German
Giving life to a faculty of Islamic theology, a long-term objective that surrounds the creation of an Institute of Islam in Belgium. Initiated by a commission headed in 2015 by Jean-Claude Marcourt, Minister of Higher Education, the project should see the light day, according to La Libre. The Cabinet of the Minister and the Executive of the Muslims of Belgium (EMB) have thus signed a memorandum of understanding regarding this project. The main objective behind the creation of this institute is
The Hirak movement is at the heart of a carte blanche written by four Belgian deputies namely, Marie Arena, a European deputy, Jamal Ikabza member of Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Fatiha Saidi, and Simone Susskind member of Brussels parliament. Parliamentarians called for the release of the political detainees, La Libre reports. After having contextualized the protest movement that has been taking place for several months in the Rif region, MEPs consider it «normal» that citizens