{"id":6146,"date":"2014-10-06T17:19:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2014-10-15T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T17:32:12","slug":"belgium-jihad-mega-trial-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/10\/06\/belgium-jihad-mega-trial-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belgium-fouad-belkacem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6147\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belgium-fouad-belkacem.jpg\" alt=\"belgium fouad belkacem\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belgium-fouad-belkacem.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belgium-fouad-belkacem-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Belgium\u2019s largest-ever terrorism trial has begun under tight security in the port city of Antwerp.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4757\/belgium-jihad-trial\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | October 6, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s largest-ever terrorism trial has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standaard.be\/cnt\/dmf20140928_01292899\">begun<\/a> under tight security in the port city of Antwerp, where 46 members of the Islamist group Sharia4Belgium are being accused of recruiting dozens of young Muslims to fight for the jihadist group, Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>Sharia4Belgium, a radical <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salafist_jihadism\">Salafist<\/a> group, was founded in 2010 with the purpose of implementing Islamic Sharia law in Belgium. The group generated controversy in September 2011, when it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/2425\/belgium-islamic-sharia-law-court\">announced<\/a> the opening of a Sharia Law court in Antwerp, the second-largest city in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Although Sharia4Belgium announced its voluntary dissolution in 2012, when some of its leaders were imprisoned, Belgian authorities say it has continued to operate underground to recruit and funnel jihadists.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium is a key source of European jihadists: Some 400 Belgian nationals are now estimated to have travelled to join militant groups in Syria and Iraq. Of these, approximately 10% have been recruited by Sharia4Belgium, according to Belgian prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4757\/belgium-jihad-trial\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium\u2019s largest-ever terrorism trial has begun under tight security in the port city of Antwerp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63,48],"tags":[184,128,181,169,66],"class_list":["post-6146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belgium","category-islam-in-europe","tag-belgium","tag-european-jihadists-in-syria","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-islamic-state","tag-salafists"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins - 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