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Belgian-Moroccan Muslim Preacher Rachid Haddach Dies at 49
The Belgian Muslim community is in mourning. The Belgian-Moroccan preacher, teacher and lecturer Rachid Haddach passed away on Sunday evening from an illness at the age of 49.
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Morocco Emerges as Top Retirement Destination for Belgian Seniors Seeking Sun and Tax Benefits
Morocco is among the countries of choice for one in ten retirees who prefer to live their retirement abroad.
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Belgium Debates Expanding Citizenship Revocation for Terrorism Convicts
On Wednesday, during a discussion in the Justice Committee, the N-VA bill that increases the possibility of deprivation of Belgian nationality for terrorism could not reach consensus in the Chamber.
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Brussels to Open Museum Honoring Moroccan Immigration History in 2021
On the initiative of the non-profit organization Museum and Documentation Center of Moroccan Immigration in Belgium (ASBL Mémorial), a memorial museum of Moroccan immigration will be inaugurated in Brussels, early 2021.
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Belgian Court Sentences ISIS Fighter to 5 Years, May Strip Citizenship
An Islamic State fighter, originally from Borgerhout, Saïda El Mimouni, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.
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Belgium Faces Pressure to Repatriate Children of ISIS Fighters from Syria
Between the repatriation of the children of jihadists stranded in Syria, and the payment of a penalty of 50,000 euros by Belgium, Abderrahim Lahlali and Mohamed Ozdemir, both lawyers for the families concerned, choose the first option.
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Belgian Official Under Scrutiny for Unexplained Cash Withdrawals from Youth Soccer School
The Molenbeek alderman, Abdellah Achaoui, who is also president of the ASBL Ecole des jeunes de l’Union Saint-Gilloise, made numerous cash withdrawals, without any justification, using the school’s bank card. This is, at least, what the magazine Medor has claimed.
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Belgian Hospital Nurse Accused of Religious Discrimination Against Moroccan Patient
Rachida, a Moroccan expatriate (MRE), says she was a victim of racism from a nurse who made her undergo an examination at the radiology department of the Sint-Franciscus hospital in Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium, on Friday, January 24. She had a sprained big toe.
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Belgian Mothers Unite: Jihadist's Parent and Terror Victim's Mom Pen Book for Social Change
Fatima Ezzarhouni, 48, and Sophie Pirson, 61, respectively the mother of a radicalized person and the mother of a victim of the double attack carried out on March 22, 2016, have been looking in the same direction, with the same acuity, since their meeting in 2018. They are looking for a publisher for a book they are preparing in order to bring about qualitative change in society.
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Belgium Faces Deadline to Repatriate Children of ISIS Fighters from Syria
One week. This is the number of days left in the deadline set by the court for the State to provide consular assistance to ten children of Belgians who went to fight in Syria. If it does not comply, it will have to pay 50,000 euros per day and per child.
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Belgian Prison Escapee Taunts Authorities with Postcard from Thailand
After his spectacular escape from the Turnhout prison, Oualid Sekkaki mocks the prison administration by sending a postcard from Thailand. On December 19, it was in the company of four other inmates that Oualid Sekkaki escaped by climbing a six-meter-high wall during the evening walk.
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Interpol Issues Warrant for Belgian-Moroccan Car Theft Kingpin
At the request of the Belgian federal police services, Interpol has just issued an arrest warrant against a Belgian-Moroccan, the mastermind of an international car trafficking network in Europe. The modus operandi of this cross-border criminal network consists of stealing cars in several European countries to resell them in North Africa and Eastern Europe.