Headscarf Ban Sparks Outrage at Belgian High School Graduation
8 July 2025
Last Thursday, during a graduation ceremony at the Émile Max high school in Schaerbeek, two female students wearing headscarves were prohibited from going up on stage to (…)
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Morocco World Cup Win Sparks Celebrations and Arrests in Belgium
2 December 2022
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 (…)
Suspected Terrorist to Face Judge After Fatal Attack on Brussels Police Officer
16 November 2022
Placed under arrest warrant, Yassine M., the radicalized Belgo-Moroccan who killed a police officer in Schaerbeek, will be presented this Thursday before the Brussels council (…)
Belgian-Moroccan Extremist Kills Officer in Schaerbeek Attack: Known to Authorities
13 November 2022
The radicalized Belgian-Moroccan who stabbed a police officer to death and injured another on Thursday, November 10 in Schaerbeek is a man known to the police for common law (…)
Belgian Court Convicts Man of Forced Marriage and Rape in Immigrant Abuse Case
13 October 2022
For a month, Saïd A., of Moroccan origin, sequestered and raped his wife whom he brought from Morocco to Schaerbeek in Belgium. He married her as part of an arranged marriage (…)
Brussels Court Seeks 50-Month Sentence for Man Accused of Raping, Imprisoning Arranged Marriage Partner
14 September 2022
The Brussels correctional court has requested 50 months in prison against a Moroccan residing in Schaerbeek accused of having raped and sequestered a young Moroccan woman with (…)
Schaerbeek Remembers: 20 Years Since Far-Right Attack on Moroccan Couple
6 May 2022
In Schaerbeek, the assassination of the Moroccan couple Habiba El-Hajji (45 years old) and Isnasni Ahmed (47 years old) shot in their apartment on May 7, 2002 by a far-right (…)
Foundation Honors Slain Moroccan Couple at Site of 2002 Hate Crime in Brussels
31 October 2021
19 years after the murder of the Moroccan couple Habiba El-Hajji (45 years old) and Isnasni Ahmed (47 years old), their children have managed to make the building where they (…)
Family Cancels Memorial March for 26-Year-Old Who Died After Police Encounter in Brussels
2 August 2021
The family of Mounir, a young man of 26 years old, who died after a police intervention in Rue du Brabant in Schaerbeek, has cancelled the white march planned for yesterday, (…)
Family Demands Answers in Death of 26-Year-Old After Police Arrest in Brussels
1 August 2021
The family of Mounir, a 26-year-old man who died after a police arrest on Rue du Brabant in Schaerbeek, wants to know the truth. They have joined the civil party to have access (…)