Mothers in Molenbeek appeal to the Belgian interior minister

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Mothers in Molenbeek appeal to the Belgian interior minister



BRUSSELS: -- In Molenbeek social worker Olivier Vanderhaeghen spends a lot of his working life trying to pull disaffected Muslim youths back from the brink and help to integrate them back into the community.

Amongst the foreign fighters who have gone to Syria 350 are from Belgium and dozens from the poor suburb of Molenbeek. It was here the suspected mastermind behind the Paris attacks grew up.

Olivier Vanderhaeghen understands how Abdelhamid Abaaoud was radicalised in this district where unemployment among the young is 37 percent.

“He (Abaaoud) does represent a certain type of anti-conformity with a-social or anti-social behaviour which youths identify with because they are broken and in conflict with society and have feelings of injustice,” he said.

Mothers in Molenbeek believe their home has been tarnished by the events in Paris and the subsequent arrests in the district. They have written an open letter to Belgium’s interior minister, Jean Jambon offering their cooperation in dealing with the area’s problems.

“We wanted to change the picture a little. We wanted to show that there is a lot of diversity in Molenbeek, democratic values and norms. Women make an effort to educate their children in a decent way and try to give their children chances for a better future,” one mother Mihaela Covaci explained.

The group of mothers has also called on the interior minister to work to change the image of Molenbeek with its overpopulation and general neglect which has been painted in the Belgian and world media in the past seven days.


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[Scott]

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[Briggsy]

Playing the victim card over and over and over. It is always somebody else's fault.

Try studying and training and then getting a job instead of hanging around the streets selling hash and E's, claiming you are a victim of injustice.

[MaxYakov]

Why is it that only the mothers are appealing and not families and/or residents?

I'd like to see an English translation of that letter.

What's the Matter with Belgium - The Atlantic Nov 17 2015

Edited November 20, 2015 by MaxYakov

[BuaBS]

Mothers in Molenbeek could help by not ever being a mother and getting their tubes tied.

[Bakseeda]

Playing the victim card over and over and over. It is always somebody else's fault.

Try studying and training and then getting a job instead of hanging around the streets selling hash and E's, claiming you are a victim of injustice.

Briggsy... you forgot to mention pickpocket gangs....

[manarak]

One thing I agree with is that there is too little freedom and too much economic pressure on people in Western Europe.

It is so expensive to even just to survive!

The costs for accomodation and food need to fall drastically, which will enable people to live better, feel more free and free up disposable income.

[tartempion]

Molenbeek is a no go zone for Caucasians, thanks to mayor Philippe Moureaux (who married a muslim woman and protected them)

[NickJ]

They should just start giving more free stuff away. Also raise the retirement age to 95.....

[Mudcrab]

One thing I agree with is that there is too little freedom and too much economic pressure on people in Western Europe.

It is so expensive to even just to survive!

The costs for accomodation and food need to fall drastically, which will enable people to live better, feel more free and free up disposable income.

Perhaps its because of the taxes needed to pay for all the non productive, overbreeding people in the community?

Just a thought.

[Mudcrab]

Molenbeek is a no go zone for Caucasians, thanks to mayor Philippe Moureaux (who married a muslim woman and protected them)

Bit unfair to blame one man when it appears it is a European wide policy to promote 'multiculturalism'.

Which has proven to be an abject failure.

[soc]

Send them all back to Morocco.

Problem solved.

[Yahooka]

Disafected and disintegrated.The same old story with the followers of Islam,day in and day out we are constantly fed their sob stories........" can`t work,won`t work,not enough money,not enough halal,not enough mosques,give me give me bla bla bla.............."

I`ve never heard the same moaning from Eastern european,hindu,sikh or buddhist communities in my country,they come here to work and try to settle in and know they are not entitled to any handouts if you not contribute to the society.

[tartempion]

Molenbeek is a no go zone for Caucasians, thanks to mayor Philippe Moureaux (who married a muslim woman and protected them)

Bit unfair to blame one man when it appears it is a European wide policy to promote 'multiculturalism'.

Which has proven to be an abject failure.

I much doubt you have any knowledge about how Molenbeek went downhill during the 12 years of Phillipe Mouraux's reign. Have you ever walked around in Molenbeek. Belgians used to live there, they fled under his reign. Go and have a look if you dare. I have a few friends who NEED to go there, do you want to read their stories?

Why people reply to a post when they have no clue?

I will be in Brussels next week and will visit the Sunday morning "Marrakech" market near the gare du Midi and drive through St. Gilles, Anderlecht, Schaarbeek and Molenbeek for "pleasure"

I will update you on my findings.

Edited November 20, 2015 by tartempion

[manarak]

One thing I agree with is that there is too little freedom and too much economic pressure on people in Western Europe.

It is so expensive to even just to survive!

The costs for accomodation and food need to fall drastically, which will enable people to live better, feel more free and free up disposable income.

Perhaps its because of the taxes needed to pay for all the non productive, overbreeding people in the community?

Just a thought.

Nice baiting post.

"non-productive and overbreeding" is over the top, but social policies bear a large part of responsibility, yes.

It's not just about taxes or giving money to the poor.

Employing people has just become too expensive - when people are replaced by machines costing nearly a million dollars, something has to be wrong.

And no, the solution is not the socialist one to just heavily tax the machines - the cost of labor has to fall, as has the cost of living.

[Jonmarleesco]

'Olivier Vanderhaeghen understands how Abdelhamid Abaaoud was radicalised in this district where unemployment among the young is 37 percent.' He does? That's interesting, because the mayor of Molenbeek claimed that Abaaoud and his brother were well brought up, well educated, and the elder one, at least - and probably the younger - did run a bar; not one that necessarily respected the law, but one that presumably kept both of them usefully employed and funded.