For a month, Saïd A., of Moroccan origin, sequestered and raped his wife whom he brought from Morocco to Schaerbeek in Belgium. He married her as part of an arranged marriage and made her life "a hell," according to the court that tried and convicted him for sequestration, repeated rapes and forced marriage.
The Brussels correctional court has requested 50 months in prison against a Moroccan residing in Schaerbeek accused of having raped and sequestered a young Moroccan woman with whom he had an arranged marriage. The verdict is expected in three weeks.
In Schaerbeek, the assassination of the Moroccan couple Habiba El-Hajji (45 years old) and Isnasni Ahmed (47 years old) shot in their apartment on May 7, 2002 by a far-right sympathizer remains a marker in the life of the residents of the Vanderlinden street. 20 years later, they remember this tragedy.
19 years after the murder of the Moroccan couple Habiba El-Hajji (45 years old) and Isnasni Ahmed (47 years old), their children have managed to make the building where they experienced this tragic end the headquarters of the foundation that bears their name. The ceremony to place the plaque on the building took place last Friday in the presence of several personalities as well as the family and friends of the family.
The family of Mounir, a young man of 26 years old, who died after a police intervention in Rue du Brabant in Schaerbeek, has cancelled the white march planned for yesterday, Sunday.
The family of Mounir, a 26-year-old man who died after a police arrest on Rue du Brabant in Schaerbeek, wants to know the truth. They have joined the civil party to have access to the file.
The founder of the citizen association Habiba Ahmed Foundation (HAF), Kenza Isnasni, eldest daughter of the Moroccan couple killed by an extreme right-wing sympathizer in Schaerbeek on May 7, 2002, reiterated on Friday her request to see part of the street of the tragedy named Rue Habiba-Ahmed. She also called for a duty of memory against racism.
The president of the intercommunal, Hicham Chakir, denied the allegations of a Brussels resident that the multi-denominational cemetery of Schaerbeek would need volunteers, equipment and shovels. The only difficulty of this place where Muslims and others rest is related to the repatriation of the bodies of Moroccans who died from the effects of covid-19.