Uncovering the Influence of Conservative Imams in Belgium: Addressing Radical Speeches and Social Media Impact

2023-10-19 12:43:21

According to Islamologist Radouane Attiya, nearly 600 imams practice in Belgium today, but only around a hundred are recognized. “What regarding the remaining 500 imams who continue to speak today? It is of course possible to have very conservative speeches, but I was able to hear Salafo-Wahhabi accents in a speech given at the Grand Mosque in Brussels a few months ago.” According to him, “the speech, mainly delivered in Arabic, was given in a rather guilt-ridden and divisive tone. It did not tend to promote the values ​​of our society, living together.

“There are mosques where the speeches are more radical“, recognizes Denis Ducarme, federal deputy MR, “but these mosques are fairly well monitored. There is a screening of imams. Mosques remain above all a place of worship, a majority of Muslims do not pose any difficulty in this country. It is on social networks that the scourge is found.

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