NEWS ANALYSIS: When extremist Islamism in Belgium is discussed, news media tend to focus on the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek. The Belgian reality is more complex. Øyvind Strømmen IN EARLY OCTOBER, an assailant […]
Belgium
A police raid in Belgium
VERVIERS, Belgium: An alleged key figure of the November 2015 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris had slipped away from Belgian police 10 months earlier, when they stormed an apartment and […]
The Shots in Brussels
Syrian jihad, from Antwerp
IN DEPTH: At least 100 people have left the Netherlands to fight in Syria. In neighbouring Belgium, the number is even higher. Family members and researchers point to the Belgian group Shariah4Belgium as […]
Fuelling extremism on the left
ANALYSIS: The far-left Turkish terrorist group DHKP/C has found some support in Europe, helping bolster its claim to be at the vanguard of anti-capitalist struggle. Lars Akerhaug On 1 February 2013, at 1:15 […]