The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) accused the co-chair of Ecolo Rajae Maouane , author of a controversial publication, of inciting anti-Semitic hatred. The Belgian-Palestinian Association (ABP), the Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium (UPJB) and the non-profit organization De-colonizer are defending the official.
The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism (LBCA) accused on Wednesday the Belgian of Moroccan origin Rajae Maouane of inciting "anti-Semitic hatred" for having shared a photo accompanied by a song about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. False! retorts the co-president of Ecolo, "deeply hurt".
The network of Belgian schools in Morocco apologized after the use in the elementary section of mathematics textbooks containing a map of the kingdom without the Sahara.
The Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) announced on Tuesday that the feast marking the end of Ramadan is scheduled for Thursday, June 13, 2021. It expresses its best wishes for prosperity to citizens of Muslim faith and all other beliefs and reminds them of the health and security measures issued by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Belgium.
About 200 people gathered on Sunday from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm at the Mont des Arts in Brussels to denounce police violence against young people. The initiative comes from the "madrés de Saint-Gilles" collective, which used the opportunity of Mother’s Day to call on the police to put an end to the violence they inflict on young people.
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 Brussels authorities announced on Thursday the implementation of new tools aimed at more effectively combating ethnic, financial or physical discrimination in the housing sector. This system makes proactive testing possible, a step forward that will restore equal opportunities in the sector.
Princess Esméralda of Belgium supports the actions of the Habiba-Ahmed Foundation, of which she is now the godmother. The Foundation, belonging to Kenza Isnasni, one of the survivors of the racist massacre of May 7, 2002 in Schaerbeek, fights against racism in all its forms.
The Muslim community in Belgium obtains from the authorities the easing of restrictive measures in the context of the celebration of the Eid al-Fitr festival. The Belgian government has just approved the celebration of worship outdoors from May 8, with a maximum of 50 people.
Following the lifting of the ban on foreign travel in Belgium, Brussels Airport is pursuing a commercial policy aimed at encouraging travelers to book flights. For its part, the airline Brussels Airlines is offering three new air links from Brussels to Morocco this summer.
On the run since December 2019, Youssef Ben Hamou , a Moroccan-born kickboxer, presented as a "dangerous criminal", was arrested in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht on April 29. Wanted for murder, drug trafficking and possession, armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms, etc., he had been sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of Ray Tensaini in the Netherlands.
Mokhtar Ammari, a 57-year-old Moroccan residing in Belgium, murdered his wife Fatima Khayer, aged 48, on February 10, 2019, by stabbing her 23 times. During his trial on Friday before the Liège Assize Court, the civil party explained that the accused did not accept his wife’s decision to separate from him.