(Brussels Times) The Flemish far-right Vlaams Belang party replaced the Antwerp place name signs with Arabic ones on Thursday night, as a protest against “the Islamisation of the city.” However, Arabic speakers have pointed out that they completely misspelt the new name.
Vlaams Belang members went to different districts in Antwerp and replaced the name signs with Arabic ones, and suggested that the majority of Antwerp residents will be Muslim by 2055 and that the city is “becoming Antwerpistan.” Several Arabic speakers, however, have pointed out on social media that Vlaams Belang’s new signs are full of spelling mistakes in Arabic.
“What a stupid action. Antwerp is completely misspelt,” said vocal social media user Yassine Boubout.
