By Damon Embling Amid Europe's turbulent political landscape, a party - whose aim is to create an Islamic State - is hoping to win seats in Belgium's October municipal elections. The Islam Party got two members elected in 2012, including one in the Molenbeek area of Brussels. This Continue Reading
The Quran’s deadly role in inspiring Belgian slaughter: Column
By Nabeel Qureshi Americans awoke this morning to another terrorist attack — this time in the Brussels airport and subway. These attacks hit close to home. Many of us have flown through the Brussels airport, just as we have vacationed in Paris and visited San Bernardino. Once again images of the Continue Reading
Journey to Jihad
By Ben Taub In 2009, a fourteen-year-old Belgian named Jejoen Bontinck slipped a sparkly white glove onto his left hand, squeezed into a sequinned black cardigan, and appeared on the reality-television contest “Move Like Michael Jackson.” He had travelled to Ghent from his home, in Antwerp, with Continue Reading