Morocco slams Belgian minister for accusations of mosque infiltration Morocco’s representative in Belgium calls on the Belgian minister to avoid 'baseless' accusations that can lead to needless tensions with a strategic ally.

(Morocco World News) Morocco has responded to the Belgian Minister of Justice Vincent Van [Quickenborne] after he accused Moroccan intelligence of mosque infiltration.

Van Quickenborne, who claimed that Morocco had infiltrated the mosque in Cinquantenaire park in Brussels, described the mosque’s director and two other employees in the mosque administration as “Moroccan spies.”

In response, the Moroccan ambassador in Belgium, Mohamed Ameur, said that the allegations against Morocco are “baseless, incomprehensible, unacceptable and senseless.”

Ameur, who gave an interview to Belgium’s Le Vif magazine, said he was stunned by the baseless statements from a Belgian minister publicly accusing Morocco of engaging in “espionage activities” at mosques, especially the great mosque of Brussels.

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