Belgian King Acts Over Islamic Veil Death Threat

King Albert II voices solidarity with Remmery, company boss facing death threat for defending Amzil’s right to wear a headscarf. BRUSSELS – Belgium’s King Albert II has voiced solidarity with a company boss facing a death threat for defending an employee’s right to wear an Islamic headscarf, in a case gripping the country, officials said…

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Belgian School Accepts French Veil Refugee

BRUSSELS – A 12-year-old French girl who was expelled from school for wearing a headscarf is to be educated in Belgium, it emerged on Wednesday. Hilal was excluded from her school in the east of France because she refused to take off her Islamic headscarf, which has now be banned in schools by the French…

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Candidates Of Arab Origin Elected For The Brussels Parliament

AHIDAR Fouad (Spa Spirit) : 1.825 _ BXL,Elu AZZOUZI Mohamed (PS) : 4.566, Elu BOUARFA Sfia (PS) : 5.278, Elue DA_F Mohamed (PS) : 6.676, Elu DERBAKI SBA_ Amina (PS): 2.730 Elue EL KTIBI Ahmed (PS) : 3.114, Elu EL YOUSFI Nadia (PS) : 3.043, Elue LAANAN Fadila (PS) : 3.913, Elue LAHLALI Mohamed (PS)…

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Militants ‘Planning Brussels Bomb’

BRUSSELS – A group of alleged Islamic fundamentalist militants arrested in Belgium and Italy earlier this week may have been plotting to blow up Nato headquarters or the European Parliament, both of which are housed in Brussels. According to the Wednesday edition of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Italian investigators say one of the militants,…

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Belgian Terror Suspects Lose Appeal

BRUSSELS – Four men condemned in Belgium in connection with terror-related offences on Wednesday failed in a bid to have their sentences reduced. A Brussels court on Wednesday found that one of the men, Tarek Maaroufi, should actually serve a longer sentence than he had originally received and increased the length of time he should…

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