For having shown a caricature deemed "obscene" to his students, a teacher from the 11 "Aux sources de Gai Savoir" school was suspended by the municipal council of Molenbeek. The image showed the Prophet Muhammad, with his buttocks and genitals exposed.
On August 31, the municipal council of Molenbeek voted a resolution to be added to the work regulations of municipal agents. It opens the door to the debate on the wearing of religious symbols in administrations and consequently creates tensions within several political parties, including the Socialist Party accused of not having a clear position.
While the controversy continues to swell around the Hitler salute in the Chovanec affair, the outbreak of a new case has led to the opening of an investigation for suspicion of Nazism within the Molenbeek police in Belgium.
A few days before the start of the month of Ramadan, the local authorities of Molenbeek, in collaboration with the police, want to strengthen their system on the ground in order to ensure compliance with the confinement.
Mohamed Daly, a repeat offender, is in custody for having disfigured for life his ex-wife with a bladed weapon in Molenbeek. Prosecuted for intentional assault and battery, he will appear on Monday, April 20, before the council chamber.
Members of the Futsal Espoirs Molenbeek association, in collaboration with the young people of the neighborhood, are helping people in need during this confinement period.
The detention of the mother suspected of murdering her daughter on January 17 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean has been extended by one month. This is the decision of the Brussels council chamber.
French researcher Hugo Micheron has just published a book on French jihadism. This book traces the role played by Molenbeek , a municipality where many Belgians of Moroccan origin are located.
There were 5,000 or even 6,000 faithful who paid a well-deserved tribute on Monday, February 3 in Molenbeek, to the Belgian-Moroccan preacher, Rachid Haddach, who died after a long illness.
After a temporary closure in 2018, the Brass’art cultural café has just permanently closed its doors in Molenbeek, Brussels.
Three police officers from the West Brussels area, two of whom are of Maghrebi origin, were the target of insults in Arabic, uttered by a motorist who called them traitors to the community.
The candidates for the co-presidency of Ecolo are two figures who embody experience in the person of Jean-Marc Nollet and youth, with Rajae Maouane , two values on which the hopes of the Belgian political party are based.