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Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins


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Belgium: Jihad Mega-Trial Begins

by Soeren Kern  •  October 6, 2014 at 5:00 am
"If you want to land in hell like all unbelievers that is your problem. ... We do not have an ounce of respect for you, infidels, nor for the way you live. Our religion and way of life are superior to yours." — Fouad Belkacem.
Belkacem called for violence against the West and said that becoming a jihadist was the greatest act of submission to Allah.
Fouad Belkacem, shown here posing in front of the black flag of jihad, is said by Belgian prosecutors to be the ringleader of Sharia4Belgium.
Belgium's largest-ever terrorism trial has begun 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.
Sharia4Belgium, a radical Salafist group, was founded in 2010 with the purpose of implementing Islamic Sharia law in Belgium. The group generated controversy in September 2011, when it announced the opening of a Sharia Law court in Antwerp, the second-largest city in Belgium.
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.

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