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Belgium

Children & Teens

Convicted terrorist among seven suspects in Belgian teen’s kidnapping

June 2, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A notorious terrorism convict is among seven suspects arrested Monday for the 42-day-long abduction of a Limburg teen whose family has been convicted for drug-related crimes. Officials on Tuesday said that Khalid Bouloudo, twice convicted for terrorism, is one of […]

Government & Politics

No more soldiers patrolling Belgium’s streets from September

May 16, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) September sees the end of an operation which brought military patrols on the streets of Belgium’s cities for more than five years, defence minister Philippe Goffin (MR) has announced. The patrols of Operation Vigilant Guardian were intended to support the […]

News: Europe

Convicted terrorists less likely to reoffend than other criminals — study (LINK ONLY)

April 28, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Coronavirus: Molenbeek adapts measures for Ramadan

April 19, 2020 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) As … Ramadan, the month in which many Muslims traditionally fast, is approaching, the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek has adapted its usual Ramadan measures to the lockdown ones because of the new coronavirus (Covid-19). “Our municipality has a large Muslim […]

Government & Politics

About 1,600 terror victims file for compensation

March 23, 2020 Oscar Schneider  

(Brussels Times) Close to 1,600 victims of terror attacks have applied to the Financial Assistance Commission for compensation, according to the Justice Department. By the end of December 2019, 1,000 people had requested such assistance from the state but the number shot […]

Legal

Two jihadist widows awaiting extradition to Belgium

March 23, 2020 Sarah Johansson  

(Brussels Times) Two widows of IS jihadists were acquitted of terrorism charges by a Turkish court on the 11th of March. Tatiana Wielandt (27) and Bouchra Abouallal (26) were immediately released, along with their children aged two and five. They are currently […]

Government & Politics

Terrorist attacks on Brussels: Small-scale commemoration this year

March 22, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Today is the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station, and a subdued commemoration will take place amid scenes of another national crisis. Four years ago this morning, terrorists exploded two suitcase bombs in […]

Children & Teens

Belgium’s fine for failing to repatriate IS children deferred by court

February 26, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A court has agreed to temporarily suspend the hefty penalty payments slapped on the government for failing to initiate the repatriation of children of Belgian Islamic State (IS) fighters from Syria. Striking down a request for the penalty to be […]

Citizenship

Female IS terrorist from Antwerp sentenced to 5 years in prison

February 25, 2020 Oscar Schneider  

(Brussels Times) Belgian IS terrorist Saïda El Mimouni was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison and a €8,000 fine. El Mimouni, who is from the municipality of Borgerhout in Antwerp, Flanders, was not present at her trial. The federal court […]

News: Europe

STIB stopped sorting garbage after terror attacks

February 4, 2020 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) Since the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, many garbage containers with compartments for sorting have been replaced by single bags for residual waste at STIB stations. “Just now that sorting is so high on the agenda, STIB does not […]

Legal

Thirteen men named as main suspects of Brussels attacks

February 3, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Thirteen men have been named as the main suspects of the 2016 Brussels attacks, eight of whom will appear before Belgium’s highest criminal court. Federal prosecutors want to bring eight men before the Brussels court of assizes, all identified as […]

Children & Teens

Belgium to appeal against order to repatriate children from Syria

January 30, 2020 Oscar Schneider  

(Brussels Times) The state of Belgium has decided to file an appeal against a ruling by a Brussels court on 11 December ordering it to provide 10 children of IS members in Syria with consular assistance and administrative, travel and identity documents […]

Citizenship

IS member from Antwerp risks losing Belgian nationality

January 30, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A woman from Antwerp affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in Syria risks a five-year prison sentence and being stripped of her Belgian nationality. The woman, identified as Saïda El Mimouni, was married to a member of the now-disbanded terrorist […]

Government & Politics

Belgium Muslim Executive wants official recognition for Great Mosque of Brussels

January 29, 2020 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) The Executive of the Muslims of Belgium (EMB) has submitted a request for the recognition of the Great Mosque of Brussels, according to the department of Brussels Minister-President Rudi Vervoort. Currently, there are 21 recognised mosques in the Brussels Region, […]

Children & Teens

Not repatriating IS children already costs Belgium €100,000: what’s happening?

January 28, 2020 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) The Belgian state will already have to pay €100,000 to ten children of IS terrorists, as they did not provide them with assistance to get back to Belgium. The government has received its first bill, via a bailiff, on Tuesday. […]

Children & Teens

6 days left to repatriate Belgian IS children from Syria before €50,000 daily penalty

January 22, 2020 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) The Belgian state has seven more days to provide consular assistance to ten children of Begian IS terrorists to help them return to Belgium, before it will have to pay a €50,000 penalty per day it does not. Belgium has […]

Clerics & Preachers

Antwerp mosque should lose official recognition, says Flemish minister

January 21, 2020 Evie McCullough  

(Brussels Times) The Flemish minister for integration and interior, Bart Somers (Open Vld), wants to withdraw official recognition of the Noor-ul-Haram mosque in Antwerp because of internal disagreements that have been going on there for over three years. Somers wants to pull […]

Legal

Brussels jihadist given maximum sentence for threats to former education minister

January 21, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A jihadist fighter from Brussels has been sentenced to five years in prison in absentia after sending threatening messages about “shredded bodies” to a former education minister. Brussels’ correctional court handed the maximum sentence to Soufian Defauwe and also ordered […]

Children & Teens

Four more children of Belgian IS widows will arrive in Belgium on Monday

January 20, 2020 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) On Monday afternoon, four more children of Belgian IS women will arrive at Brussels Airport Zaventem. The children are two 7-year-old boys and two 5-year-old boys, who are the eldest children of Tatiana Wielandt (27) and her sister-in-law Bouchra Abouallal […]

Military

Soldiers on Belgium’s streets have cost more than €200 million in five years

January 19, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Five years ago this month saw the start of the military operation now known as Operation Vigilant Guardian (OVG), which saw the arrival of military patrols on the streets of Brussels and other cities, in response to a growing terrorist […]

Clerics & Preachers

Prison guards guilty of mistreating infamous jihadist recruiter in Belgium

January 14, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Two prison guards have been found guilty of mistreating an infamous jihadist preacher accused of “perverting” a generation following his conviction for running a large radicalisation network in Brussels. The two guards were accused of violently handling Khalid Zerkani, throwing […]

Clerics & Preachers

French researcher links ‘neglected’ enclaves and prisons to rise of radical Islam

January 11, 2020 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) Hugo Micheron, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), has claimed that the rise in jihadist activity in France and Belgium is directly linked to “neglected” enclaves and prisons in the two countries. Micheron interviewed 80 jihadists […]

News: Europe

Revealed: conversations between terror suspect Abdeslam and fellow prisoners

January 10, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Accused terrorist Salah Abdeslam held wide-ranging and open conversations with his fellow prisoners while he was detained in Bruges prison following his arrest in Brussels in March 2016, according to secret recordings made by Belgian state security. A document containing […]

Children & Teens

Belgium will comply with ruling to repatriate ten children of IS members

January 9, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) The Belgian government will not appeal a ruling to repatriate ten children of Belgian jihadist fighters from Syria, departing from previous statements that it would likely appeal the order. Defence Minister Philippe Goffin said in parliament that the government would […]

Legal

Relative of Belgium’s ‘executioner of Raqqa’ charged

January 8, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A relative of a Belgian jihadist said to be the “executioner of Raqqa” has been charged with financing terrorism after prosecutors found he had transferred funds suspected of ending up in the hands of one of the suspects of the […]

Citizenship

Jihadist stripped of Belgian nationality found and detained in Turkey

January 3, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A jihadist fighter from Antwerp was found and detained in Turkey just before Christmas day, according to reports which emerged just hours after he was stripped of his Belgian nationality. Fouad Akrich, 27, was found in an unspecified location in […]

Clerics & Preachers

Belgian imam ‘frustrated’ after being barred from flying over US territory

January 2, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A Belgian imam known for advocating a form of “rational Islam” found out he was barred from flying over US territory after being denied boarding on his flight to Mexico. Ghent-based Khalid Benhaddou was at Zaventem airport when a check-in […]

Legal

Federal prosecutor now more interested in tracking ‘terrorism of inspiration’

January 2, 2020 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) The federal prosecutor, Frédéric Van Leeuw, has explained that the service remains fully occupied in the fight against terrorism, although their focus has now shifted towards what he calls “terrorism of inspiration” as opposed to structured terrorism, he told the […]

Citizenship

Six foreign fighters stripped of Belgian nationality

January 2, 2020 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A Brussels court has stripped six foreign fighters of their Belgian nationality, after being sentenced to prison in absentia for their involvement in the terror group Sharia4Belgium. The six fighters all had Belgo-Moroccan nationality and could not be notified of […]

Legal

Terror cases in Belgium on the decline, to pre-IS levels

December 28, 2019 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) The number of new cases of terrorist activity opened by the federal prosecutor’s office fell in 2019 to 90, compared with 155 in 2018. The figure is significant as the first time since 2013 that numbers have been at the […]

News: Europe

One Belgian behind 2015 and 2016 terror attacks in Europe: French investigators

December 27, 2019 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) One Belgian man was responsible for the planning of a series of terrorist attacks in Europe in 2015 and 2016, including the Paris attacks of November 2015 and the two attacks at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro on 22 March […]

Legal

Repatriated IS woman recognises ‘debt’ and will no longer oppose conviction

December 26, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) One of the two sisters affiliated with the Islamic State who said they would appeal their prison sentences after their repatriation to Belgium will no longer oppose her conviction. The woman, identified as 24-year-old Fatima B., was brought back to […]

Academics & Education

First imam training course starts in February

December 26, 2019 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) The University of Leuven (KULeuven) will begin a new course for the training of imams in February. The course lasts six years. The training of imams was a point raised in the report of the parliamentary committee which looked into […]

Forced & Underage Marriage

Forced marriages tripled in Belgium in just 3 years

December 25, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Brussels Times) Belgian police have been able to register an increasing trend of forced marriages in Belgium. In 2015, 10 forced marriages were officially recorded, in 2016, the number increased to 15, in 2017 up to 21 and last year, police registered […]

Clerics & Preachers

Erdogan sends more imams than ever to Belgium

December 24, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Brussels Times) Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan will send around forty new imams to Belgium in 2020, a lot more than in previous years. They are being sent in response to the shortage being faced by many Turkish mosques, Het Laatste Nieuws […]

Academics & Education

Headscarf ban in public schools justified as Court of Appeal overturns previous decision

December 24, 2019 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) The Court of Appeal in Antwerp has ruled that a ban on wearing headscarves in two schools in the municipality of Maasmechelen in the Limburg province is justified, on Tuesday. With its decision, the Antwerp court overturns an earlier decision […]

Legal

Belgian investigators complete inquiry into the Paris terrorist attacks

December 20, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Brussels Times) The French inquiry into the attacks perpetrated by Islamic State (IS) in Paris on November 13, 2015, has ended after four years. The final pieces of the puzzle were put together by Belgian investigators, according to the Friday editions of […]

Citizenship

Three IS widows sentenced to five years and lose Belgian nationality

December 19, 2019 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) The widows of three Islamic State combatants killed in the field have been sentenced to five years in prison and will lose their Belgian nationality on release, a court in Brussels has ruled. All of the women were tried in […]

Government & Politics

Hate preacher banned from Molenbeek for a month

December 14, 2019 Alan Hope  

(Brussels Times) Jean-Louis Denis, a convert to Islam who served five years in prison for preaching armed jihad and attempting to recruit young men to go and fight in Syria, has been banned from Molenbeek by the commune’s mayor, Catherine Moureaux. Denis, […]

Legal

Repatriated IS sisters to appeal against prison sentence

December 13, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Two women convicted for their affiliation with the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and sent to Belgium after fleeing a prisoners camp in the country have appealed their convictions. The legal representatives of Fatima and Rahma B., two sisters aged […]

Children & Teens

Two Antwerp IS widows sentenced to 4 years and 40 months in prison

December 12, 2019 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) The Brussels correctional court has sentenced two widows of members of the Islamic State terrorist organisation to four years and 40 months in prison. On Wednesday, a Brussels judge in summary proceedings ruled that the Belgian state had to provide […]

Children & Teens

Belgium ordered to bring ten children of IS members back from Syria, but not their parents

December 12, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Belgium must provide travel and identity documents to ten children of Belgian Islamic State (IS) members in Syria in order to facilitate their return to Belgium. The ruling on Wednesday ordered federal authorities to provide consular assistance to the children […]

Legal

Three 2015 terror suspects to remain in custody for another two months

December 11, 2019 Oscar Schneider  

(Brussels Times) The Brussels Council Chamber on Wednesday extended the preventive detention of Osama Krayem (also spelled Ossama Krayem), Monir Ahmed Alaaj aka Sofien Ayari, and Mohamed Abrini by two months, under the investigation into the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, […]

Government & Politics

Belgium expands terrorism database to beef up prisoner surveillance

December 9, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) Belgium is reshuffling and expanding its terrorism database in order to better equip law enforcement authorities to monitor and share information about “potentially dangerous people,” particularly behind bars. Justice Minister Koen Geens announced in a press release that the common […]

Academics & Education

Belgian schoolteacher shares imam’s sermon about jihad on Jews

December 6, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) A high school teacher in Belgium shared a Facebook video of an imam calling for a jihad, or holy war, against the Jews and those who “conspire” with them. Talal Magri, who teaches about Islam as part of the religions major […]

Children & Teens

Belgium must repatriate Belgian IS member and her child, court rules

December 4, 2019 Gabriela Galindo  

(Brussels Times) A Belgian court has given the government 75 days to begin organising the repatriation of a Belgian woman affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) and her child from the Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria. Belgium is expected to appeal the […]

News: Europe

Two Belgian IS women detained in Antwerp and Bruges

November 30, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Brussels Times) Two Belgian IS women originally from Antwerp were repatriated from Turkey on Friday and placed under detention in Antwerp and Bruges, the spokesperson of the Directorate of Prisons confirmed on Saturday. The two sisters, Fatima and Rahma Benmezian, were sentenced […]

News: Europe

First two Belgian IS women will arrive in Belgium on Friday evening

November 29, 2019 Maïthé Chini  

(Brussels Times) Turkey has sent the first two Belgian IS women, Fatima (24) and Rahma (31) Benmezian, to Belgium by plane on Friday. When the plane lands at Brussels Airport Zaventem on Friday evening, the two sisters will immediately be arrested and […]

Government & Politics

Turkey to send 11 Daesh/ISIS members back to France Turkey also to repatriate Daesh terrorists to Belgium, Ireland on Friday, Saturday, says interior minister

November 28, 2019 Burak Bir  

(Anadolu) As part of Turkey’s policy of repatriating foreign Daesh/ISIS members to their home countries, next month 11 French national members of the terror group will be sent back to France, said Turkish officials on Thursday. “This week we will carry out […]

Law Enforcement

Two Belgian IS women arrested in Turkey

November 23, 2019 Sarah Johansson  

(Brussels Times) Two Belgian jihadist widows, Tatiana Wielandt (27) and Bouchra Abouallal (26), have been arrested by Turkish police, reports VRT NWS. They fled Syria to go to Turkey with their six children on Wednesday. De Standaard claimed they handed themselves in […]

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