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Illustrative: Belgian police in the city of Liege, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
April 26, 2019, 3:46 am
Five Palestinians accused of murdering Palestinian boy in Belgium asylum center
Family says nine-year-old killed in a kidnapping and ransom attempt
By AFP
A picture released on June 1, 2014 shows the 29-year-old suspected gunman Mehdi Nemmouche. (AFP PHOTO)
March 12, 2019, 3:07 am
Brussels Jewish museum killer sentenced to life in prison
Prosecutors call jihadist Mehdi Nemmouche a ‘coward’ and a ‘psychopath’; Nacer Bendrer, who supplied murderer with weapons, jailed for 15 years
By AFP
Illustrative: French police officers stand guard outside the Iranian embassy in Paris Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
October 2, 2018, 1:50 pm
France freezes Iranian assets over Paris bomb plot said thwarted by Mossad
Ministers issue joint statement announcing sanctions, decrying ‘extremely serious’ scheme to attack Iranian opposition rally in Villepinte neighborhood
By AFP and TOI staff
People hold pictures of relatives killed by the Iranian regime during the 'Free Iran 2018 - the Alternative' event on June 30, 2018, in Villepinte, north of Paris. Six people were arrested in Belgium, Germany and France for an alleged plot to attack the rally, including an Iranian diplomat and his wife. (AFP Photo/Zakaria Abdelkafi)
July 19, 2018, 9:28 pm
Mossad said to have thwarted Iranian plot to bomb opposition rally in France
Israeli agents reportedly led European team that prevented Paris attack coordinated by an Iranian diplomat last month
By TOI staff and AFP
A woman leaves flowers at the scene of a shooting in Liege, Belgium, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
July 2, 2018, 6:29 pm
Belgium charges couple over plot to attack Iranian opposition in France
Husband and wife ‘of Iranian origin’ accused of planning to blow up rally attended by 25,000 people, alleged accomplice arrested in France, Iranian diplomat detained in Germany
By AFP and TOI staff
Brussels' Grand Mosque (CC-BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
March 16, 2018, 10:52 pm
Belgium ends Saudi lease of country’s largest mosque over radicalism concerns
Government retakes control of Grand Mosque of Brussels due to fears it is promoting extremist teachings and segregationist attitudes
By TOI staff
Fighters from the Islamic State group marching in Raqqa, Syria, January 14, 2014. (Militant photo via AP, File)
March 16, 2018, 4:15 pm
Belgian theater sorry for ‘you fought for IS?’ audition ad
Production also looking for actors who have killed their siblings; director faced controversy in past for casting children in play about notorious pedophile
By Matthieu Demeestere
People pay their respects in front of a makeshift memorial at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on May 25, 2014. (AFP/Georges Gobet)
November 10, 2017, 3:29 pm
Brussels Jewish museum opens 1st exposition since 2014 terror attack
Exhibit on immigration to highlight shared experiences among immigrant groups and the importance of tolerance
By JTA
Illustrative: Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders (L) and right-wing Belgium Flemish nationalist politician Filip Dewinter hold a press conference in Brussels on November 3, 2017. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
November 3, 2017, 11:50 pm
Right-wing leaders denounce ban on Brussels ‘Islam safari’
Geert Wilders and Filip Dewinter say that by barring tour of immigrant neighborhood, Belgian government ‘proves’ area is ‘not part of Belgium’
By AFP
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
May 10, 2017, 11:40 am
Brussels rabbi implores EU official to defend ritual slaughter in Belgium
Head of rabbinic group says legislation that would require stunning of animals is one of European Jews’ ‘main challenges’
By JTA
Yedidia Z. Stern
March 22, 2017, 12:54 pm
Yedidia Z. Stern
Hijab, kippah, crucifix
The European Court of Justice fans the flames of xenophobia when it allows Muslims to be fired for religious attire
Joods Actueel editor-in-chief Michael Freilich. (Screen capture YouTube)
February 25, 2017, 12:54 am
Belgian anti-racism official defends Palestinian he helped convict for hate speech
Editor of Jewish paper says country’s agency in charge of fighting racism is ‘only paying lip service’ in battle against anti-Semitism
By JTA
A Belgian security officer talks with a woman as he patrols near the Palace of Justice, where suspects wanted in Belgium on terrorism-related charges were set to appear before the federal court, in Brussels,, January 21, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
October 18, 2016, 6:32 pm
Belgium charges four after terror raids
Suspects linked to Islamic State held in series of 15 early morning raids
By AFP
Youssef Kobo (Facebook photo)
September 6, 2016, 4:45 pm
Brussels minister’s tolerance adviser resigns after calling Israel Islamic State’s twin
Staffer likened Israelis to Nazis, called for slaughter of activists who seek to prevent ritual killings of animals
By JTA
Youssef Kobo (Facebook photo)
August 9, 2016, 8:55 pm
Belgian official apologizes for calling Israel ‘identical twin’ of IS
Youssef Kobo, a Muslim adviser on diversity, says he was ‘young and stupid’ when he wrote Facebook post during 2014 Gaza war
By JTA
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