Study: 13% of Young Brussels Immigrants Say Religion Trumps Law

For young Brussels residents of non-European origin, religion still has a lot of importance. This is evidenced by the results of the Samenleven barometer survey, which revealed that 13.2% of them think that the law can be broken in the event of a conflict between the law and religion, reports Belga.

This second generation is even slightly more important than that of the first generation (7.6%), the study specifies, adding that in Flanders, 9% of the second generation think that the law can be broken in such a case against 8.5% for the first generation.

5.4% of Brussels residents of Belgian origin also think that Belgian law should give way to the rules of faith. An opinion shared by 1.2% of Flemish Belgians, the same source points out.