(Brussels Times) Belgium’s Muslim authority has renewed an invitation to foreign imams to observe prayer during the month of Ramadan, due to a lack of sufficient preachers in the country.
A temporary months-long Belgian visa will be delivered to 81 Moroccan imams, 49 of which are reportedly dispatched by the Moroccan Ministry of Religious Affairs, according to Dutch-language newspaper De Morgen.
The imams will be charged with leading prayer in mosques across Belgium during the month of Ramadan, which started on May 6.
Although it is not the first time the Muslim Executive of Belgium resorts to flying in foreign imams due to a lack of Belgian-born preachers, some Islamic leaders have expressed concern over the matter.
