In Belgium, it is the council of theologians attached to the Executive of Muslims of Belgium that defines the official date of the end of Ramadan. The body will meet this Thursday afternoon to officially announce this date.
Thanks to a particularly aggressive policy, the Flemish government has succeeded in exposing several cases of social housing fraud. Out of the 724 tenants targeted by an investigation, 339 owned one or more properties abroad, particularly in Morocco.
The attendance at Brussels Airport (Brussels-Zaventem) increased by 42% in March 2023 compared to the same period last year. This is partly due to Morocco, one of the ten most visited countries last month.
The federal judicial police of Leuven, in coordination with the Dutch regional police forces of Zeeland-West Brabant and Rotterdam, as well as the Spanish Guardia Civil, have succeeded in dismantling a criminal organization composed of Moroccan, Spanish and Belgian nationals. In total, 180 million euros from cocaine trafficking were laundered by this network.
The "Ramadan-friendly" stickers placed in about twenty cultural centers in Brussels during this Ramadan fasting period are poorly perceived by the city’s Muslim community.
People from different religious communities in Borgerhout (Antwerp) shared an Iftar (meal to break the Ramadan fast) around a one-kilometer long table on Sunday, at a time when Ramadan, Easter and Passover coincide.
Some supermarkets in Belgium are offering special offers during this Ramadan period to meet the growing demand from their Muslim clientele.
In an interview, the Belgian-Moroccan player Anouar Aït El Hadj looked back on his departure from the Royal Sporting Club of Anderlecht, where he spent 10 years.
Radouane, the father of Sofian Kiyine , the Moroccan player of OH Louvain, victim of a serious accident on March 30 in Flémalle in the province of Liège, is devastated. Every day, he goes to his son’s bedside, who is still in the hospital.
A 40-year-old cyclist fell into the Senne on Tuesday, two months after the case of Imane Khraiss , 25, who drowned in this river. The family of the latter, shocked by this new accident, is alerting the authorities to the increase in accident cases.
While breaks are planned in the Premier League, in England and Germany, to allow Muslim players to break the Ramadan fast during a match, this will not yet be the case in Belgium, where players compete in the Pro League.
The technical director of KRC Genk, Dimitri De Condé, announced that the Moroccan Bilal El Khannouss will not be transferred during the next summer market.