For several years, Assem Aldilaimi, entrepreneur and owner of the Baker Market supermarket chain, has been trying unsuccessfully to open a halal butcher shop in Anderlecht. One of his neighbors is opposed to the opening of the business.
Teaching in Arabic in Molenbeek is not to the liking of Vooruit president Conner Rousseau. The latter says he does not feel at home there and also calls for improving conditions in these neighborhoods by investing in language, childcare and education.
In the absence of a response from France to the request for care from the Belgian authorities, the imam Hassan Iquioussen , placed in a closed return center with a view to his removal from Belgian territory, will be returned to the Moroccan border.
A Belgian-Moroccan fugitive , who escaped from a Belgian prison in 2020, was arrested last week in Guinea. The justice system is examining the extradition request issued by Belgium.
An investigation has been opened in Brussels following a potential case of police violence that would have occurred in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, during the 2022 World Cup semi-final match between Morocco and France.
While Belgians are flocking to sunny destinations like Morocco to spend their holidays there, they are facing a major difficulty. Usually cheaper, the prices of last-minute tickets are skyrocketing.
Yassine Mahi, the radicalized Belgian-Moroccan arrested for killing a police officer in Schaerbeek, will not know his fate before the end of the year. The Brussels council chamber has decided to extend his detention for at least one more month.
After two months of silence, Meryame Kitir, former Belgian Minister of Cooperation, addressed her colleagues and others with whom she collaborated during her term in the Belgian government on Sunday.
Due to a national demonstration organized by the unions this Friday, more than half of the flights departing from Brussels Airport have been canceled. Flights to Morocco are affected.
Brussels is one of the European cities that has recorded incidents after each of Morocco’s victories in Qatar. In the run-up to Saturday’s match between Morocco and Portugal, counting for the World Cup quarter-finals, Philippe Close, the mayor of Brussels, threatens to crack down in case of public order disturbances.
The Belgian police arrested several Moroccan supporters who were celebrating the historic and exceptional qualification of the Atlas Lions in the quarter-finals against Spain. They are accused of having disturbed public order.
The appeal of imam Hassan Iquioussen against his expulsion to France was rejected on Monday by the justice system.