Arabic compulsory in a school in Belgium A Flemish Catholic institution offers a compulsory Arabic course to its final year students, an unprecedented initiative in Belgium. The school’s director, Frank Baeyens, defends an ambitious educational approach: “We don’t want to pamper our students, but to challenge them intellectually.”
Moroccan shot dead in Brussels In Brussels, a new shooting has cost the life of a young Moroccan. A suspect has been arrested and an investigation is underway to elucidate this crime. New shooting in Brussels. On Thursday around 10 p.m., a shooting in the bistro Chez Ova, rue de l’Église Sainte-Anne, very close to […]
Failed escape of four Moroccan prisoners in Belgium Four Moroccans detained in Wortel prison, near Antwerp, attempted to escape on the night of Monday to Tuesday. Unfortunately for them, their plan did not succeed. The inmates had planned their escape meticulously. They managed to remove bricks from their cell and make their way to the […]
Murder of Firdaous in Antwerp: investigation accelerates The Antwerp Federal Judicial Police (FJP) has arrested a new suspect in the investigation into the murder of Firdaous, the 11-year-old girl shot dead in January 2023 at her parents’ home in Merksem. During a new search as part of the investigation into the murder of Firdaous, the […]
Yahya D., from reality TV to prison Yahya D., 28, was arrested last Thursday as the alleged perpetrator of the two shots fired at drug dealer Ali T., alias ‘Ali Rus’, in the Gevaertlaan in Boom, in the Antwerp region. The suspect denies the facts. Yahya D. was arrested in Wilrijk by the Antwerp police […]
Belgium forced to accept expelled Moroccan imam? Blocked in Morocco since October 2021 due to the withdrawal of his residence permit, the controversial imam Mohamed Toujgani could return to Belgium by the end of the year. The Brussels Court of Appeal validated his application for Belgian nationality on Wednesday. An appeal by the public prosecutor’s […]
Belgium: Mohamed-Amine Dardour, on the run for murder, arrested Wanted since the end of June for the murder of Soufiane Benali, Mohamed-Amine Dardour, 25, was arrested on Saturday by the Belgian federal police. Mohamed-Amine Dardour was arrested on Saturday after a month and a half on the run, the federal police announced in a statement […]
Alleged heiress of Moroccan king behind big scam A Belgian septuagenarian has lost the “fruit of his life’s work” in a major scam orchestrated by an alleged heiress of a former king of Morocco. A 40-year-old Parisian already sentenced to ten months in prison in France for a fraud case has been arrested and placed […]
The rise of Salafist influencers on TikTok is causing concern in Belgium In Belgium, the growing attraction of young people to Muslim religious content on social networks, particularly TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, is causing concern. Social media has become the ideal channel for spreading extreme discourse in Belgium. In recent years, Muslim influencers have invested […]
Belgium: 200 km/h accident kills four, including two Moroccans A tragic road accident brought mourning to Mouscron on Sunday evening. Four young people, including two of Moroccan origin, aged around twenty, lost their lives in a terrible road accident. Their rental vehicle, a Range Rover, hit two trees at an estimated speed of over 160 […]