The United Arab Emirates has handed over to Belgium the Antwerp drug trafficker Mohamed A. A., the former brother-in-law and right-hand man of drug baron Youssef Ben Azza, alias "Monte Christo", who is on the run in Morocco.
Last Thursday, during a graduation ceremony at the Émile Max high school in Schaerbeek, two female students wearing headscarves were prohibited from going up on stage to receive their diplomas. This measure is in line with the school’s internal regulations that prohibit the wearing of religious symbols, it is explained.
While several fugitives on the list of the country’s most wanted criminals have been found, others like the Moroccan Hicham Chaib and Suleyman Betelguriev remain untraceable.
In Belgium, it is not good to be a single mother of Moroccan origin. Moroccan single mothers face enormous difficulties.
A new arrest warrant has been issued against Omar Govers alias "Patje Haemers", one of the most notorious drug-related criminals in Antwerp, and his accomplice Mounir El Bartali, who have been sentenced to heavy prison terms again. They have been on the run for years in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Tangier, Morocco.
Death threats have been addressed to the worshippers of the Al Kafaalah mosque, located in Antwerp (Belgium).
The Minister of Justice, Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), has not issued a final act of recognition to the Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB), considering that this body is not sufficiently representative of the Muslim community in the country.
Morocco has signed an extradition treaty with Belgium for its nationals detained in Belgian prisons, without their consent. An agreement that has allowed 132 Moroccan inmates to be sent back to their country in 2024, or 1% of the Belgian prison population.
The house of a Moroccan drug trafficker, located on the Frans Nagelsplein in Wilrijk, was the target of an explosion in the early morning of this Monday. The Antwerp police have opened an investigation.
A Belgian-Moroccan couple who permanently resides in Morocco is accused of having improperly received hundreds of thousands of euros. They are facing the Belgian justice system and risk heavy fines.
The return to Belgium of Imam Mohamed Toujgani has reignited the debate on the granting and withdrawal of Belgian nationality.
The recognition of the Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB) will only be extended for one year. The Minister of Justice, Annelies Verlinden, felt unable to grant a permanent status to the representative body of the Islamic faith, considering the Muslim community still too divided to finalize the process.