Belgium

Government & Politics

Belgium’s terror attack blunders tarnish its upcoming EU presidency Tunisia reveals that it had previously requested the extradition of gunman Abdesalem Lassoued — but that a prosecutor allowed the request to collect dust.

October 29, 2023   

(Politico) Belgium had big plans for its upcoming Council presidency. But its handling of the October 16 shooting spree by Tunisian gunman Abdesalem Lassoued, which left two Swedish football supporters dead, has since led to a series of embarrassing revelations. Lassoued was […]

Internet

Lone wolf terrorists in Europe are not so lonely anymore — who is radicalising and recruiting them? Europol warns that lone actors will carry out the majority of terrorist attacks in the EU — with Islamist terrorism the biggest threat in Western Europe.

October 26, 2023   

(Euronews) Just a week ago, Abdesalem Lassoued plunged the city of Brussels into chaos. Not even his wife or his closest friends knew that the Tunisian, who was in Belgium illegally, was about to commit an act of terrorism. After he shot […]

Legal

Brussels shooting: Man arrested on suspicion of supplying gun to assailant in deadly attack The man arrested on Wednesday was suspected of being involved in supplying the automatic rifle used by the attacker, Abdesalem Lassoued.

October 26, 2023   

(Euronews) A 44-year-old Tunisian man suspected of complicity with the perpetrator of the attack in Brussels on 16 October was charged with “murder in a terrorist context” and imprisoned on Thursday, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office announced. The man arrested on Wednesday […]

Children & Teens

Teens in France, Belgium arrested for plotting attack on Israel embassy 'And our target is the Jews. Killing only police officers is not effective,' the ringleader wrote in one discussion group.

October 23, 2023   

(JNS) Three teenagers have been arrested in France and a fourth in Belgium for planning a terrorist attack against the Israeli embassy in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels. On Aug. 31, a French judge indicted for “criminal terrorist association” two high school […]

Children & Teens

Three ISIS-supporting teens were arrested for planning to attack the Israeli embassy in [Brussels] The terror cell, made up of teenagers, is suspected of having planned multiple attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in Europe

October 22, 2023   

(i24) French intelligence services have thwarted a terrorist cell that was planning attacks against the Jewish community, according to information reported Saturday by Le Parisien. Made up of young adults, of various nationalities, connected by encrypted messaging and video games, the cell […]

Government & Politics

Belgian officials knew all about Brussels terror attack gunman — but were unable to stop him Tunisian shooter’s profile sheds light on Belgium’s security failures.

October 18, 2023 and   

(Politico) Belgian authorities were well aware of the gunman who caused terror in Brussels — and yet he was still able to shoot two people dead. The attacker — who killed two Swedish football fans on Monday evening — had been on the authorities’ […]

Academics & Education

Muslim community in Belgium opposes new sexual education methods in schools EVRAS program 'raises major concerns when it comes to its means of application and the messages that it will deliver,' says group

September 6, 2023   

(Anadolu) The Muslim community in Belgium contested new sexual education methods in schools on Wednesday, according to a statement. “This decision seems to confront the universal and inviolable values of the familial education framework, and the interests of the students and their […]

Demonstrations

Islamists rally outside European Parliament over Swedish Quran burning Shouts of 'Allahu Akbar' were heard right outside the Parliament as an almost exclusively male crowd gathered at Place du Luxembourg.

July 24, 2023   

(European Conservative) Approximately 200 Muslim protestors gathered outside the European Parliament Wednesday, July 19th, as Islamic groups in Brussels rallied against the controversial burning of the Quran in Sweden. Shouts of “Allahu Akbar” were heard right outside the Parliament as an almost […]

Clerics & Preachers

Belgian imams can now receive salaries from abroad, says Belgian Constitutional Court Court rules that Flemish region decree prohibiting direct or indirect support or financing to places of worship from abroad violated Constitution

July 21, 2023   

(Anadolu) Belgium’s top court has issued a decision opening the way for Muslim imams in the country’s Flemish region to get salaries from abroad and similar arrangements. In October 2021, a decree was issued in the Flemish region prohibiting direct or indirect […]

Legal

The ‘Shoe Bomber’ testified for him. He was acquitted of terror charges Nizar Trabelsi, a former professional soccer player in Germany, was arrested just after the Sept. 11, 2001, attack and accused of plotting to kill Americans in Europe

July 14, 2023   

(Washington Post) The British man who tried to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami over 20 years ago spoke publicly last month for the first time, testifying under oath in federal court. His arms and legs were shackled as he […]

Legal

Ex-soccer star accused of plotting terror with Osama bin Laden found not guilty Nizar Trabelsi was previously convicted in Belgium for planning to attack the Kleine-Brogel Air Base, where U.S. military staff are stationed. He was later extradited to the U.S. for trial.

July 14, 2023 and   

(NBC) In a rare and shocking development, an accused foreign Islamic terrorist was found not guilty Friday by a jury in federal court after a trial on charges he conspired with Osama bin Laden to conduct a suicide bombing on Americans in […]