Brussels is one of the European cities that has recorded incidents after each of Morocco’s victories in Qatar. In the run-up to Saturday’s match between Morocco and Portugal, counting for the World Cup quarter-finals, Philippe Close, the mayor of Brussels, threatens to crack down in case of public order disturbances.
In the run-up to the Morocco-Spain match , the city of Brussels has decided to strengthen its security system to avoid any disturbances.
Even though they are trying at all costs to turn the page, to write a new story, far from radicalism, the people of Molenbeek remember the Brussels attacks as if it were yesterday, which left 32 dead (excluding suicide bombers) and 340 injured.
A total of 18 people were arrested on Thursday evening in Brussels for public disorder. They were part of the crowd that took to the streets to celebrate Morocco’s qualification for the World Cup round of 16 in Qatar.
The mayor of Brussels, Philippe Close, asks not to stigmatize the Moroccan community for the riots that broke out on Sunday in the city, after Morocco’s victory over Belgium in the World Cup football.
Yassine Sellika, the Brussels Public Prosecutor, supported Morocco against Belgium in the match that pitted the two countries against each other on Sunday as part of the second day of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar. He was spotted in a video recorded shortly before the riots that rocked Brussels after Belgium’s defeat.
The day after the riots that broke out in Brussels , following Morocco’s victory over Belgium, a clean-up operation was organized in the streets. Among the people who mobilized were Moroccan supporters, who were very quickly accused of being the source of the clashes.
The Belgian political class reacted to the clashes that broke out in Brussels between police and supporters after Morocco’s victory over Belgium . The far-right party Vlaams Belang is taking advantage of this and is talking about a "Moroccan problem".
The match of the 2nd round of the World Cup between Belgium and Morocco will take place this Sunday, November 27, 2022 at the Al Thumama Stadium, 12 kilometers south of Doha. A much-anticipated match in Brussels, where downtown merchants fear clashes.
Eighty women, mostly Belgian-Moroccan, left Belgium for Syria to wage jihad. Aicha Bacha, a doctor in social and political sciences at the Université libre de Bruxelles who met three of them as part of an investigation, says the jihad of these women was the "jihad of sex".
Passenger traffic at Brussels Airport in October reached 81% of 2019 levels before Covid-19. This is partly thanks to Morocco, one of the top ten destination countries.
Seized of an appeal against the decision to authorize the wearing of the veil in the Francisco Ferrer Higher Education Institute in Brussels , the court has decided to refer the case to the constitutional court.