Sharia4Belgium

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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Belgian, Dutch jihadist link

Jihadists from Belgium and the Netherlands appear to have held American journalist James Foley during a period of his captivity in Syria. The leader of the captors, reportedly a Dutch-Moroccan, may himself have been executed […]

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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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A trip to Syria, then jail

A trip to Syria, then jail

Jejoen Bontinck, who has allegedly fought as a volunteer in the Syrian civil war, was arrested Friday evening while visiting his mother and brother in Antwerp. (more…)

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