(Brussels Times) The municipality of Ranst, where Vlaams Belang holds a majority, has dismissed an Islamic religion teacher from the local primary school over concerns of “signs of radicalisation.” According to councillor Christel Engelen (Ons Ranst — Vlaams Belang), no formal complaints […]
(Jerusalem Post) The criminal trial of three French Muslim teenagers who planned an attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgium began on Tuesday, according to French media. Details of the intended attack included blowing up a truck with TATP explosives at the […]
(Euronews) The World Health Organization and several international NGOs have raised the alarm on the need to evacuate sick and injured children from Gaza. But some governments refuse to welcome patients from the Strip out of fear of repercussions to their security […]
(Brussels Times) The Brussels Court of Appeal has confirmed that Nizar Trabelsi must be released from detention, following an earlier ruling by the Brussels council chamber. Trabelsi, a former professional footballer from Tunisia, was arrested in Belgium in September 2001, shortly after […]
(Algemeiner) The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) — a Belgium-based advocacy organization — is hunting IDF soldiers and government officials all over the world, attempting to manipulate the international legal system to arrest and prosecute Israelis for alleged crimes. Today, the HRF is […]
(European Conservative) The municipality of Molenbeek, a town in the Brussels metropolitan area known for being a hotbed of jihadists, is once again making headlines. During a city council meeting, a veiled socialist councillor, complaining about derogatory comments made about her online […]
(JNS) A hospital in Belgium defended on Tuesday a physician who had last week identified in medical papers a patient as Jewish, but suspended him over antisemitic cartoons posted on his social-media account in 2023. The physician was identified as Dr. Qasim […]
(Jerusalem Post) Law students of the class of 2025 at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) voted last week to name their class after controversial politician Rima Hassan, the rector of the university announced on Thursday. Hassan is a French-Palestinian politician with […]
(Israel Hayom) The JID organization for combating antisemitism revealed this morning (Friday) a serious incident involving a 9-year-old patient who came for medical treatment at the hospital in the town of Knokke in Belgium. After the girl received medical treatment, the doctor […]
(JNS) Israel’s ambassador to Belgium joined local politicians in condemning a protest in Brussels where two girls were filmed praising Hamas leaders in an Arabic-language song while sitting on the shoulders of keffiyeh-clad men. “The future generation. Tell me who you admire, […]
(Brussels Times) Commotion took place at a municipal council meeting in the Brussels commune of Jette on Wednesday evening: several councillors left the meeting after the Palestinian flag was called “the flag of a terrorist movement” during a debate on its presence […]
(Belga) In response to concerns raised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the Belgian ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice have confirmed that the country has no intention of transferring terrorists to Iran. The NCRI, a branch of the […]
(Israel Hayom) A new report published by B’nai B’rith International, the European Union of Jewish Students, and the German think tank Democ found that in nine of Europe’s key countries there is “a climate of fear and exclusion at European universities.” The […]
(Ynet) There is a dramatic rise in the name “Mohammed” and its variations across Europe, the Daily Mail said in a report, underscoring demographic changes linked to immigration. According to the report, over the past 25 years, the number of babies given […]
(VRT) The convicted terrorist Nizar Trabelsi is on his way to Belgium from the United States. VRT NWS has learned from a reliable source that the US is extraditing Trabelsi, who was convicted of terrorist offences and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has revoked the refugee status of the European head of the pro-Palestine group Samidoun. Former secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V) requested […]
(Brussels Times) The introduction of religious and ideological “neutrality” in East Flemish provincial schools has been postponed to September 2026. The decision would apply to both students and staff, banning any visible symbols of religious or political beliefs, such as headscarves, skullcaps, […]
(JNS) Long before he perfected the use of lawfare to hound Israelis abroad, Belgian-Lebanese anti-Israel activist Dyab Abou Jahjah was already seen as “one of the most dangerous figures” for modern European Jews, according to a community activist from Antwerp. Versatile, charismatic […]
(Brussels Times) The Iranian regime has been after her for decades now. She has spent most of her life speaking out against the Islamic Republic’s abuses, and was once jailed for 24 days in one of Iran’s worst prisons. Darya Safai knows […]
(European Conservative) When Joël Rubinfeld, the president of the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, wrote an article thanking the “Righteous of our time” for standing up for Jews, it was rejected by the entire Belgian press. Eventually Marianne magazine did run the article, […]
(Brussels Times) The Halle-Vilvoorde Office of the Public Prosecutor is set to launch an investigation into alleged plans by the Iranian regime to kidnap Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) parliamentarian Darya Safai. This was announced on Tuesday evening by OPP spokesperson Ingrid Moriau. Safai […]
(Iran International) A Belgian lawmaker of Iranian descent said the European country’s police warned her of an Iranian plot to abduct her via Turkey after she backed labeling the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group. “Today, the Belgian police and security services contacted […]
(Belga) The federal government has approved a preliminary draft law that bans the activities of radical organisations in Belgium. The text introduces a mechanism that can ban certain organisations that pose a serious threat to national security and the democratic order. “The […]
(Brussels Times) Flemish Interior Minister Hilde Crevits has overturned a decision by the East Flanders provincial council to ban religious symbols, including the Islamic headscarf, in all schools directly managed by the province. The decision, made on 30 April, was set to […]
(Brussels Times) A subsidy granted for years to an organisation suspected of links to the Muslim Brotherhood is now under scrutiny in the FWB legislature, with Mouvement Réformateur (MR) parliamentarian Denis Ducarme calling for a commission of inquiry into the issue. According […]
(Brussels Times) Opposition party Vlaams Belang has criticised Interior Minister Hilde Crevits’s decision to recognise 17 additional mosques. Although party leader Chris Janssens commends the minister for not recognising any mosques from Diyanet or Milli Görüş, he believes that giving a positive […]
(Brussels Times) Flemish Minister of the Interior Hilde Crevits (CD&V) has not approved any recognition requests from Diyanet mosques, a decision welcomed by Flemish MP Nadia Sminate (N-VA), who advocates for a comprehensive review of already recognised mosques. Minister Crevits reviewed 58 […]
(Brussels Times) Individuals convicted of serious offences such as organised crime, homicide, or sexual offences may soon face the loss of Belgian nationality, following an agreement by the Council of Ministers announced by Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden on Friday. This revocation will […]
(Brussels Times) A Belgian intelligence report from late April describes the Collective for Inclusion and Against Islamophobia in Belgium (CIIB) as a “Muslim Brotherhood-leaning pressure group,” La Dernière Heure reported on Wednesday. The confidential document was written by the PFCECT, the integrated […]
(European Conservative) Belgium is seeing a continuing shift away from traditional names for newborns, reflecting broader naming trends across Europe. As demographics and cultures change through mass immigration, so do names. This pattern can also be recognised in other big European countries […]
(European Conservative) The Belgian nationalist party Vlaams Belang has voiced concern over a steady rise in the number of foreign imams entering Belgium during Ramadan. MP Francesca Van Belleghem reported that visa approvals for these religious figures increased from 31 in 2022 […]
(European Jewish Press) The Belgian federal government has announced that the pro-Palestinian organization Samidoun will be added to the OCAD database — Belgium’s official registry for tracking terrorism, extremism, and radicalization, a move which is seen as a first step towards a […]
(Brussels Times) The Brussels Court of Appeal ordered the Belgian state to pay additional penalties for not doing enough to bring convicted Nizar Trabelsi back to Belgium. The former Tunisian footballer was sentenced in Belgium in 2004 to 10 years in prison […]
(Brussels Times) A Syrian national, aged 28, was sentenced by the Liège Criminal Court on Friday to 40 months in prison and an €8,000 fine for participating in the activities of a terrorist group. The man’s activities, committed between September 2023 and […]
(Jerusalem Post) The mayor of the Brussels municipality in which Samidoun’s reenactment of the October 7 massacre took place had been informed before the day of the event’s expected nature, despite claiming there was no indication that such scenes would occur. This […]
(European Conservative) Having already stressed the need to “remain extremely vigilant” about Islamist infiltration after reports pointed to Muslim Brotherhood control of (at least) five Brussels municipalities, Belgian politicians are now calling for an official investigation to establish the true scale of […]
(Brussels Times) Flemish Minister of Internal Affairs Hilde Crevits (CD&V) has not yet received the decision from East Flanders regarding the implementation of a ban on religious symbols in provincial schools, delaying judgement on two complaints. The party Groen and a citizens’ […]
(Times of Israel) Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli “highly recommends” that “the Jewish community in Belgium” leave the country, declaring that it “has been seized by Islamist mobs chanting for Hamas and Hezbollah.” “Re-enactments of October 7 horrors and open death threats to […]
(Belga) 18 per cent of the threat reports received by the Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) in 2024 involved minors. There is also “rapid radicalisation among minors,” the organisation says in its annual report published on Thursday. According to CUTA, the […]
(Jerusalem Post) Pro-Palestinian activists dressed as Hamas terrorists reenacted the October 7 massacre in central Brussels during the third annual Samidoun-organized “Resistance Festival,” which ran from June 6 to Sunday, June 8. Videos from the event show masked men in keffiyehs and […]
(Brussels Times) Seven recommendations for policymakers to prevent radicalism in schools were put forward on Friday by the delegate general for children’s rights, Solayman Laqdim. The delegate calls for a “broad and nuanced” approach. In the wake of teacher assassinations in France […]
(European Conservative) Five municipalities are reportedly “under the control” of the Muslim Brotherhood in Brussels, where an official this week stressed “we must remain extremely vigilant” about Islamist infiltration. About a fortnight after the French government broke its silence on ongoing efforts […]
(Euronews) Messaging app Telegram is being scrutinised by the Belgian telecoms regulator to check whether the platform complies with EU rules combating terrorist content online. The Belgian Institute of Post and Telecommunications (BIPT) said in its annual report published last week that […]
(Brussels Times) Suspects in terrorism-related cases in Belgium are increasingly younger, according to the Federal Prosecution’s annual report for 2024 released on Monday. Last year, over 70 individuals were summoned in federal cases in Belgium on charges of committing terrorist crimes. The […]
(Politico) The head of the Council of Europe on Saturday pushed back against a call by nine EU countries to make it easier to expel migrants who commit crime. COE Secretary-General Alain Berset warned that courts must not be “weaponized” for political […]
(AP) Leaders of 9 European Union countries say they want a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights in order to better tackle irregular migration to the continent and increase deportations. The leaders said in an open letter made public in […]
(Yabiladi) [The] Muslim Executive of Belgium (EMB) has urged the minister of justice, Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), not to grant permanent recognition to the Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB), whose temporary two-year accreditation is set to expire in June. In a statement received […]
(Yabiladi) The Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB) has formally requested permanent recognition from the federal minister of justice, Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), following a two-year temporary approval set to expire next June. The council was established in 2023 after former Minister of Justice […]
(Brussels Times) A court in Mechelen sentenced an Afghan man on Tuesday to a four-year suspended prison term for his involvement in the activities of two terrorist organisations. The man was found guilty of creating social media accounts for members of the […]
(Brussels Times) A proposal to ban teachers in public education from wearing religious symbols will be tabled in June by the education minister of the French Community Government, Valérie Glatigny (MR). She revealed the information to La Première on Friday. The debate […]
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