Belgium withdraws the residence permit of one of the most well-known Muslim preachers. Is he a threat to national security? About a dispute that could further alienate Muslims in Belgium from Belgian society.
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Josef Kelnberger, Brussels
Molenbeek, Muslims, Islamism. These terms evoke certain associations, and at the end of the chain there is usually one word: terrorism. This is not only the case in Germany, where the Molenbeek district of Brussels has been known as a “hotbed of Islamist terrorism” since the Paris attacks of November 13, 2015, but also in Belgium. The following news shook the country all the more: Mohamed Toujgani, Belgium’s best-known imam and leading preacher at the Al-Khalil Mosque in Molenbeek, is considered a “danger to national security”. He has not been allowed to enter the country since October.