Investigation into email threat against Flemish minister

(Brussels Times) The Limburg prosecutor’s office has begun an investigation into an alleged email threat made against Flemish mobility minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA).

The threat came in an email addressed to Demir following recent comments she made in relation to mosques connected to the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs, known as the Diyanet.

Written in Turkish, the mail warned Demir to stop commenting or she would be raped.

Demir was born in Genk in Limburg province in 1980 to parents who are of Turkish-Kurdish origin who follow the Alevi tradition of Islam.

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