In Belgium, “there is a revival of religion, a re-Islamization from below”

In Belgium, the radical behavior of students linked to religious facts worries teachers, writers, academics and researchers.

“There is a revival of religion, a re-Islamization from below. This is more evident among young people, because they are in contact with education which becomes a place of conflict. In adults, it is less visible, but we can see it for example with the refusal to be treated by a woman or a man,” explains Joël Kotek, political scientist and historian with The Last Hour. He says he has noticed that “young people are more religious than grandparents and we also see this in the Arab world. This is perhaps linked to a sort of disenchantment, to the difficulty of states like Egypt, Morocco or Israel to build themselves. »