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By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): A Belgian court found that the “Stop Islamization” slogan printed on banners and leaflets is not racist and that it only “expresses an opinion,” local media reported on Thursday. The court of appeal in the Belgian city of Antwerp ruled that the slogan “Stop Islamization” used by Voorpost, a […]

18th Dec 2021

Belgium’s Muslim community challenges halal slaughter ban at Strasbourg Court

By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): The Muslim community in Belgium will appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against the ban on ritual halal animal slaughtering. “The Belgian Muslim Executive and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium will challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg the ban imposed […]

2nd Oct 2021

Belgian Muslims turn to Strasbourg Court after halal slaughter ban

By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): Muslim associations will appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against the decision of Belgium’s Constitutional Court banning ritual halal animal slaughter, they announced on Friday. The Executive Office of Muslims in Belgium and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium decided to appeal against the ruling […]

18th Dec 2020

EU upholds Belgian ban on halal kosher slaughter

By Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak (AA): Europe’s top court on Thursday backed a ban on the halal and kosher slaughter of animals in Belgium, triggering a backlash from Muslim and Jewish communities. The European Court of Justice ruled that “the principle that an animal should be stunned prior to being killed meets the main objective […]

21st Jul 2020

Belgium: Death of Algerian in police custody triggers outrage

By Agnes Szucs BRUSSELS (AA): The death of a man of Algerian background after being arrested by Belgian police has triggered an investigation, with some members of the public drawing comparisons to the choking death in police custody this May of George Floyd in the US. A footage which was shared on social media […]

28th Aug 2019

Belgium: Court rules against headscarf ban

By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): A court in Belgium ruled in favor of a schoolgirl and against the headscarf ban in the Flemish Region of the country. The school which the student had filed a case against is affiliated to a public body named GO! Education of Flemish Community. The body had decided to […]

2nd Mar 2019

Belgium students mock Islam dressed as suicide bombers

By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): A group of high school students here mocked Islam when they wore headscarves and suicide belts while imitating the movement of Islamic prayer. Senior students traditionally celebrate graduation ceremonies 100 days before the end of school year, Mahinur Ozdemir, an independent member of parliament from Brussels Regional Parliament, told […]

19th Sep 2018

European rights court slams Belgium on headscarf issue

By Hajer M’tiri PARIS (AA): The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday convicted Belgian authorities for violating the EU Convention on Human Rights by excluding a Muslim woman from a courtroom for refusing to remove her headscarf. In 2007, the applicant, referred to by the EU court as “Mrs Lachiri”, was attending a […]

10th Sep 2018

Belgium: 76 pct of Islamophobic attacks target women in Belgium

By Serife Cetin and Yusuf Hatip BRUSSELS (AA): Around 76 percent of Islamophobic attacks in Belgium in 2017 targeted Muslim women, an anti-Islamophobia association in the country revealed on Saturday. The Belgian Association for the Prevention of Islamophobia (CCIB) published a report on the attacks happened in 2017. According to the report, the attacks […]

12th Aug 2018

Belgium: Girl denied internship due to headscarf

By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): Betul Baslik, a Turkish-origin social services and pedagogy graduate, has been denied an internship by a Belgian retirement home due to her headscarf. Born and raised in Belgium, Baslik told Anadolu Agency that she had recently been accepted to pursue her master’s degree at Vrije University Brussels, and she […]

5th Jul 2018

Belgium: Prosecutors probe violent Islamophobic attack on Muslim teen girl

By Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): Belgian prosecutors will decide on Wednesday evening if Monday’s attack against a young Muslim girl was carried out due to Islamophobia or not. On Monday night, two assailants attacked a 19-year-old Muslim teen in Anderlues municipality of the country, reportedly tearing off her clothes, leaving her with deep marks […]

21st Jun 2017

Belgium: Man reportedly carrying explosives shot in Brussels

By Ata Ufuk Seker, Hasan Esen, Serife Cetin BRUSSELS (AA): A man carrying a belt with explosives was “neutralized” at Brussels Central Station late Tuesday, according to Belgian news agency Belga. Federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said at a news conference at the train station the incident is considered “as a terrorist attack”. […]

19th May 2017

Belgium: Muslim, Jewish groups to appeal Belgian slaughter ban

By Serife Cetin and Hatem Sakly BRUSSELS (AA): Muslim and Jewish communities in Belgium are to appeal a decision by one of the country’s regions to prohibit the slaughter of un-stunned animals. It would effectively criminalize halal and kosher slaughter in Francophone Wallonia, which makes up just over half of Belgium’s territory. The decision […]

24th Apr 2016

Europe intolerant towards Muslim politicians

PARIS (AA) – Smear campaigns targeting Muslim politicians across Europe, which have seen many forced to quit, highlight an attitude of intolerance toward Muslims. With the rise of racism on the continent, Muslim politicians are being attacked in countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands, forcing many to give up politics, although some are resisting […]

2nd Apr 2016

Belgium: ‘Anti-terror’ tent pitched in central Brussels

BRUSSELS (AA) – Turkish people in Belgium have set up a tent in the center of Brussels to commemorate terror victims and condemn attacks around the world. The anti-terror tent pitched in Brussels’ Madou Square on Thursday has gathered hundreds of Belgian and Turkish people since Thursday. Those present left flowers for terror victims killed […]

25th Mar 2016

Belgian police arrest 6 suspects over Brussels bombings

BRUSSELS (AA) – Belgian police arrested six people late Thursday as part of an investigation into Tuesday’s Brussels bombings, which killed 31 people and injured 260 others. The arrests came Thursday evening during police raids in the Brussels neighborhoods of Schaerbeek and Jette — located in the northern and western part of the city, respectively […]

24th Mar 2016

Turkey warned Belgium about Brussels attacker

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey deported one of the attackers involved in Tuesday’s Brussels explosions back in June 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Addressing a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Turkish capital Ankara Wednesday, Erdogan said Belgium was warned that the attacker captured in Turkey’s southeastern Gaziantep province […]

23rd Mar 2016

Belgium: Police find bomb, Daesh flag in Brussels raids

[Photo: Belgian people light candles as they gather to commemorate victims of terror attack at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, 2016. At least 34 people were killed and more than 130 injured in multiple terrorist attacks at an airport and metro station in Brussels on today’s morning. Photographer: Dursun […]

22nd Mar 2016

Belgium: Multiple blasts in Brussels kill 34

[Photo top: Police officers stand guard around the Zaventem Airport after two explosions went off in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, 2016. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/AA} BRUSSELS (AA) – At least 34 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured in multiple explosions at an airport and metro station in Brussels on Tuesday […]

16th Mar 2016

Belgium: Terror suspect killed in Brussels raid

BRUSSELS (AA) – A terrorist suspect was killed Tuesday in a police raid in Brussels linked to November’s Paris attacks, local media reported. Two others are still at large following the operation in the suburb of Forest, broadcaster RTBF said. Four Belgian police officers were injured. The suspects barricaded themselves in an apartment where the […]

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