Study: 13% of Young Brussels Immigrants Say Religion Trumps Law
A study on the second generation of Brussels residents of immigrant origin shows the attachment of part of this community to religion, rather than to the law.
For young Brussels residents of non-European origin, religion still has a lot of importance. This is evidenced by the results of the Samenleven barometer survey, which revealed that 13.2% of them think that the law can be broken in the event of a conflict between the law and religion, reports Belga.
This second generation is even slightly more important than that of the first generation (7.6%), the study specifies, adding that in Flanders, 9% of the second generation think that the law can be broken in such a case against 8.5% for the first generation.
5.4% of Brussels residents of Belgian origin also think that Belgian law should give way to the rules of faith. An opinion shared by 1.2% of Flemish Belgians, the same source points out.
