Pieter van Ostaeyen

Hicham Chaïb (left) is amongst those indicted with holding Jejoen Bontinck imprisoned. The picture, taken from Chaïb's now defunct Facebook profile, shows him with another Belgian, Brian De Mulder.

A trial in Antwerp

10 December was the last day of one of Europe’s biggest and most ambitious terrorism trials ever, taking place in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The prosecution wants radical Muslim organization Sharia4Belgium declared […]

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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 […]

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