Royal Air Maroc is expected to soon face serious legal troubles for non-payment of disputes related to the refund of cancelled tickets. The Belgian consumer protection organization Test Achats is preparing to forward the disputed files of the recalcitrant airlines to the competent authorities.
The municipality of Molenbeek has decided to pay tribute to the Belgian-Moroccan Ju-jitsu champion by naming the future sports hall on the Quai du Charbonnage "Amal" and not " Amal Amjahid ". This decision is causing a stir.
The investigating judge has decided to place four suspects - all of Moroccan origin - in pre-trial detention for kidnapping and sequestration committed in Brussels and Hal. They will appear on Friday, January 15, 2021, before the council chamber.
Flemish nationalist MP Theo Francken (N-VA) spoke out about the 20,000 euros the federal government is granting as subsidies to the Collective Against Islamophobia in Belgium. He says he is "shocked" by this kind of arrangement and is calling for its temporary suspension and a more thorough investigation by the State Security Service.
The Belgian international of Moroccan origin Marouane Fellaini , 33, talks about his likely return to the Red Devils.
Belgium has amended its consular code to allow Belgo-Moroccans and other dual nationals to benefit from consular assistance in their other country.
The Moroccan ambassador to Belgium, Mohammed Ameur, reacted to the statements of the Belgian Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD) denouncing Moroccan interference and espionage in the context of the takeover of the Great Mosque of Brussels. He states that these are "unfounded, incomprehensible and unacceptable allegations".
When they appeared before the Nivelles Assize Court on Thursday, January 7, Akim S., a Moroccan resident in Brussels, and the Frenchman Salah G., both suspected of having committed, on April 28, 2017, a violent home-jacking in Braine-l’Alleud, rejected the accusations in block and requested acquittal. These two defendants were sentenced in Brussels to seven and eight years in prison in a case related to terrorism.
The use of the word "negro" in a question during a physics class at the Royal Athenaeum of Bruges has caused controversy in Belgium. Shocked, a senior student shared the question on social media.
Following the call issued a few weeks ago by the municipality of Molenbeek, inviting residents to choose the name of the sports hall located on the Quai des Charbonnages, the choice has fallen on Amal Amjahid .
Fayçal Cheffou, the accused wrongly identified as "the man with the hat", one of the terrorists of the March 22, 2016 attacks, has been granted a dismissal by the Brussels Chamber Council. He has thus been definitively cleared in this case.
A prison guard was attacked with scissors in the prison of Ghent on Tuesday by Hassan Hamdaoui, nicknamed "the terror of the Place Saint-Jean". The man of Moroccan origin would have committed this act of despair out of fear of being deprived of Belgian nationality like his young brother.