March 24, 2016
The Atlantic - What is the matter with Belgium? (Molenbeek is the issue)
Belgian Attack Video
A Belgian Parliament member, a lady a Muslim, was interviewed at CNN and she condemned the terrorist attack wondering how on the earth people can kill in the name of a religion, and how she can explain to others as a Muslim why this thing happened.. Those who committed the attacks were criminals and were in and out of jail and how come they were let go?
The next question is why Brussel, the capital of EU has become the center of radicalization in Europe. The answer would seem to be in this article published in
From Daily Caller - Every Terrorist Attack has been linked to Molenbeek
Its location in an international train station that can take anyone to London, Amsterdam, or Paris, makes an ideal center to launch operations and attack
It could be that there is lack of integration of Muslim immigrants, or that there is unemployment problem. In Molenbeek, there is 40% unemployment rate. however the growth of radicalization, which faced authorities has been there for the last 20 years.
Molenbeek started to become center of recruitment and radicalization of Muslim starting in 1997 by Ayachi Bassam, a French national formerly from Syria who established CIB (Centre Islamic Belge) a family owned mosque. It became the center for Al Qaida in Europe. It is located just 3 miles from Espace Leopold, the HQ of EU Parliament.
"Almost every time there’s a link with Molenbeek,” the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, said in the aftermath of the Paris attacks Nov. 13 that killed 130 people. “We’ve tried prevention. Now we’ll have to get repressive. It’s been a form of laissez faire and laxity. Now we’re paying the bill.”
What used to be the industrial part of metropolitan Brussels became the place where Muslim immigrants from Morocco to Belgium settled in 1964 when Belgium needed to expand its workforce. Today, the town of 94,000 is 40 percent Muslims. It has an unemployment rate of nearly 50 percent among young adults. It is home to at least 22 mosques and just five churches. The street names are the only clue to outside observers that they are in the heart of Europe. Traditional Belgian supermarkets first stopped selling alcohol and later turned into Islamic book stores.
