Belgium

After managing to obtain three elected representatives in the parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (Dutch-speaking wing) following the legislative elections of June 9, could the Fouad Ahidar Team repeat the feat in the municipal elections on October 13?
Will Fouad Ahidar and his Team surprise again in the municipal elections, as they did in the legislative elections? Supported by the strong Muslim community in the Brussels region, Fouad has managed to rally people to his cause. His (…)

Drug trafficker Youssef "Benz" Ben Azza, 37, faces a heavy prison sentence. With his well-structured criminal organization, he imported and marketed more than fifteen tons of cocaine through the port of Antwerp in 2020.
At the beginning of his indictment, the prosecutor specifies that this is one of the most impressive cases resulting from the hacking of Sky ECC. "With a strong Netflix potential. This case revolves around the main defendant Youssef Ben Azza alias Benz, Monte Christo or (…)

In Belgium, radical behaviors of students related to religious facts worry teachers, writers, academics and researchers.
"There is a religious revival, a re-Islamization from below. This is more evident among young people, because they are in contact with education which is becoming a conflictual place. In adults, it is less visible, but we can see it for example with the refusal to be treated by a woman or a man," explains Joël Kotek, political scientist and historian for La Dernière (…)

Escaped from the Bruges prison in 2009 with the famous Malinois criminal of Moroccan origin Ashraf Sekkaki on board a helicopter, Mohammed J. appeared last Thursday before the Antwerp court for cocaine trafficking and possession of weapons. The prosecution requested a four-year prison sentence against him.
Accused of cocaine trafficking, Mohammed J. and his brother Othman appeared Thursday before the Antwerp court. The facts date back to 2021 and were revealed thanks to the Sky ECC case. (…)

Many flights between Morocco and Belgium are at risk of being canceled due to a national strike in Belgian airports.
Major disruptions at Belgian airports. A national strike has been announced for October 1st, reports Air Journal. It affects several sectors, including security agents, cleaning and catering staff at Belgian airports. This strike will involve "a large part of the external service provider’s staff for security" at the airport, said Brussels Airport (Brussels-Zaventem). This (…)

Mustapha, his wife and their three children aged 16, 13 and 1.5 years old live cramped in an unsanitary studio full of mold in Ganshoren in the Brussels region. The Moroccan family is vainly trying to find a larger and more decent housing.
Arrived in Belgium in 2009, Mustapha obtained social housing in Ganshoren after 10 years of waiting. His family, who remained in Morocco, joined him a few years later. The family lives in five in this small accommodation intended for a single person, (…)

Found guilty of having, through negligence but without the intention of causing death, killed her two-month-old baby in February 2019, Soraya Sahli, 31, was sentenced by the Assize Court of Brussels.
The verdict was handed down around 8:45 p.m. on Monday. Soraya Sahli was sentenced to two years in prison, the maximum sentence for involuntary manslaughter due to lack of foresight or precaution, while her defense had requested a suspended prison sentence, reports Belga.
In the judgment (…)

Accused of having killed Lydia, her two-month-old daughter, in a hotel room in Saint-Gilles on February 19, 2019, 31-year-old influencer Soraya Sahli appeared before the Brussels Assize Court on Wednesday.
During this trial, the investigators reviewed the report drawn up by the forensic doctor at the request of the investigating judge in charge of the case, after the reconstruction of the events, carried out on August 7, 2019. During the reconstruction, Soraya Sahli recounted her actions (…)

Raid in Antwerp: fake cops steal a fortune in cocaine from Ridouan Taghi’s group. A gang of fake cops is sowing chaos in the criminal underworld of Antwerp and the Netherlands.
Two weeks ago, these individuals are said to have stolen a shipment of 1.4 tons of cocaine belonging to Taghi’s group, causing an escalation of tensions in the drug world.
At the end of August, a container full of cocaine arrived at the port of Antwerp. A driver is tasked with transporting the precious cargo to a (…)

Belgium is facing a brain drain of Belgian-Moroccans that "will last." These talents are opting for Casablanca, Marrakech and Rabat to the detriment of Brussels.
"I remember a cousin, fifteen years ago, who had left Brussels to settle in Casablanca. No one could have imagined her choice," recounts to La Libre Hakima Mommen, a third-generation Belgian-Moroccan, whose grandparents joined Belgium in the 1960s. "Such stories, ten years ago, we would have listened to them with wide eyes. We (…)