Morocco refuses to cooperate in the extradition of Malika El Aroud , who is nicknamed the "black widow" of jihadism. The announcement was made on Monday by Sammy Mahdi, the Secretary of State for Asylum.
The search notice issued by the police has been circulating for a few days and reports the disappearance since Monday, February 1, 2021 around 5:00 p.m., of Solaimane Atrach, a 19-year-old young man, residing in Spain but present in Belgium since October 2020. He often frequents the North Station and its surroundings in Brussels.
Faiza H., widow of a founder of Sharia4Belgium, Feisal Yamoun, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison by the Brussels Criminal Court. The defendant, who also lost her Belgian nationality, had joined Al-Qaeda in 2013, then the Jabhat Al-Nusra organization, with whom she is currently in northwestern Syria.
The appeal trial of the Islamic State fighter returned from Syria to Belgium, Noura Firoud, widow of one of the founders of Sharia4Belgium, has been postponed to May 6. This is the decision that has just been made by the Brussels Correctional Court.
Due to the restrictive measures, the tour operator TUI has canceled trips to Morocco and other non-European destinations until the end of April, and therefore during the spring holidays. This is what the spokesperson for TUI Belgium announced.
The Moroccan-origin athlete Mourad Laachraoui has made the best days of Belgian Taekwondo with many victories to his credit. At the age of 25, he has decided to hang up his boots but remains in a way on the mats, as a coach.
Moroccans residing in Belgium or Belgian-Moroccans will, in the coming days, have the possibility to travel to Morocco again. The ban on non-essential travel will be re-evaluated at the next Concertation Committee on February 26.
The Belgo-Moroccan jihadist Gelel Attar has displayed, through his lawyer, his opposition to the deprivation of his Belgian nationality before the Brussels criminal court. This deprivation had been pronounced last July after his conviction in the "Zerkani" case for acts of terrorism, his alleged involvement in the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris.
Flemish MP Sihame El Kaouakibi finds herself at the heart of the storm after her famous Antwerp non-profit organization Let’s Go Urban is suspected of financial irregularities. Egbert Lachaert has asked the statutory commission of the Open Vld to temporarily qualify her as "non-active" within the party.
Titled "Mosaic", a new exhibition has been taking place since February 5 at the Centrissime, the body responsible for promoting the Pays du Centre region. This new exhibition is an opportunity for a meeting between three photographers and citizens of Muslim traditions, origins or cultures in Brussels or Wallonia.
The Belgian police are on the trail of Aissam Afallah, a 26-year-old man who would be a member of a criminal organization active in the international transport of narcotics from Morocco to Belgium and other European countries. He is also wanted for the kidnapping, sequestration of a Belgian citizen in Spain, and for having subjected him to very serious bodily harm for many days.
The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office has requested four years in prison, including two years suspended, against Benyamine E.M., who is being prosecuted for kidnapping with violence, deception or threat. Little Ilias had disappeared for three days before being found in the company of his uncle in the village of Steenkerke, in Flanders.