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Belgium: Sunni Muslim tried for deadly arson attack on Shia mosque

Nov 28, 2014 11:09 am By Robert Spencer

Rachid El BoukhariThe Sunni-Shi’ite jihad comes to Belgium. We in the West will be seeing a great deal more of this. “Sunni tried for deadly arson attack on Belgian Shiite mosque,” AFP, November 27, 2014 (thanks to Anushirvan):

A Moroccan man admitted setting fire to a Shiite mosque in Brussels to protest the crackdown on fellow Sunnis in Syria when he went on trial Thursday for the attack that killed the imam.

But Rachid El-Boukhari, 35, denied intending to kill the preacher at the main Shiite mosque in the Belgian capital when he addressed the court here, according to news reports.

Boukhari, who describes himself as Sunni, risks a life sentence if found guilty of carrying out the attack on the Rida mosque just before evening prayers on March 12, 2012.

He is accused of “a terrorist offence” as well as “arson causing death” under the “aggravating circumstances” that the attack was “based on religion.”…

“I didn’t think a man would die. I just wanted to wake up the Shiites,” he said denying he intended to kill.

“I wanted the Shiite community to become aware of the situation in Syria. Over there, the Sunnis who were calling then for the regime of Bashar al-Assad to fall were suffering abuses,” he added.

President Assad is a member of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Boukhari was arrested at the scene after he allegedly hurled abuse at Shiites, blaming them for the repression in Syria. Armed with an axe and a knife, he poured petrol on the building and set fire to it.

The fire spread quickly through the mosque and the imam, Abdellah Dahdouh, a 47-year-old father of four, succumbed to the fumes after having first tried to put on the blaze.

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Nov 28, 2014 at 11:27 am

    Peaceful Place

    The Sunni and Shia Muslims had all just expired;
    Judgment Day would now reveal which was desired.
    “Side by side” they debated by the Paradise gate.
    Soon the righteous from the “others” would separate.
    Said the gate angel, with a reassuring smile,
    “Each name is pending, no need to rile.”
    “The unearned gift will answer all you needs.”
    Yet, goodwill, none to other, would first concede.
    In their hearts they held but a fragile key.
    Their last chance each refused to see.
    Pious pride demanded sole entry past the gate.
    True Believers need enemies to kill or at least disgrace.
    Not teachable are those who insist to preach.
    Their hateful wishes were all fulfilled for one to each.
    The angel promised that all unworthy names would be erased.
    You see, paradise has no place for these Muslims lacking grace.

    The angel turned away, murmuring along the way.
    “Such a terrible waste,
    so much noise, displayed as faith…
    Ah… Paradise! It quietly waits,
    ever safe beyond self-made gates.”
    “IT’S SUCH A PEACEFUL PLACE.”

    The “True believers” and “Chosen few” nevertheless together abide,
    in that other place, forever trapped, slowly ROASTING “side by side.”

  2. Jay Boo says

    Nov 28, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    If an anti-Jihad had done this BBC and NPR would be all over it with non-stop coverage with follow up reports interviewing Muslims about the problem of Islamophobia.

    But since a Muslim did it, the crime does not fit their usual spiel.

  3. Anushirvan says

    Nov 28, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    There is also a remarkable MSM silence in Belgium pertaining to the sabotage of the Doel 4 nuclear power station and the possible culprits involved.

    In August 2014 there was a major incident in the non-nuclear part of the plant: the main turbine overheated when it suddenly found itself operating without oil. Rather than a leak it turned out that a valve was opened which rapidly evacuated the 65,000 liters of oil to an underground storage tank. This procedure is to be used in case of fire and is normally secured with a padlock. Hence authorities and the plant operator suspect that this was an act of deliberate sabotage. Currently the plant operator estimates the unit to be out of commission until at least the end of 2014.Combined with the outage of Doel 3 and Tihange 2 blackouts are not ruled out for the winter period of 2014-2015.

    With regards to the ongoing investigation, no names of possible perpetrators have surfaced yet. The possibility remains that the Justice Department has all the necessary info and a suspect in custody, but won’t disclose any information about this, because the identity and the motive of the suspect may turn out to be of a politically incorrect nature, i.e. the possibility remains that he is a Muslim terrorist.

    This turns out to be more likely since it was reported in October 2014 that a man named Ilyass Boughalab, who had died in Syria, had been employed there previously.

    http://www.flanderstoday.eu/current-affairs/jihad-fighter-previously-worked-doel-nuclear-plant

    “A man from Antwerp who went to Syria to fight with Islamist rebels had access to technical areas of the nuclear power plant at Doel in East Flanders, according to an investigation by VTM News.

    Ilyass Boughalab, 26, worked as a technician with the subcontractor Vincotte. The company carries out inspections of repairs at the plant and delivers safety certificates. Boughalab’s task, until he left the company in November of 2012, was to inspect the quality and safety of welding work, which gave him access to the most secure part of the installation.

    That is where an incident took place last August that forced the closure of the plant until the end of the year. The incident is being investigated as possible sabotage.

    Boughalab is part of the trial against Sharia4Belgium in Antwerp in his absence; he is still in Syria. He is one of more than 40 people charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation.

    Electrabel, which owns the nuclear power plant, carries out security screenings of personnel allowed access to sensitive areas of nuclear plants, VTM reported. Boughalab was screened once during the three years he worked at Doel.

    “If we had known the man had become radicalised, we would have reacted immediately,” said an Electrabel spokesperson. According to nuclear inspection agency Fanc, Boughalab would have been subject to checks each time he entered and left the technical zone, regardless of his clearance.

    There is at present no evidence to link Boughalab to the incident in August, when he was not working at the plant or even in the country. However, the security services will now be looking more closely at possible connections he had during his time at Doel.”

    At some stage it may turn out to be a case of Boughalab having left instructions for an accomplice also employed at the reactor. Given the security protocols, it should be a cinch to identify the culprit. However, the specifics of this ongoing investigation haven’t surfaced in the Belgian MSM and the general public has been kept in the dark from the get-go.

  4. Salah says

    Nov 28, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    “I wanted the Shiite community to become aware of the situation in Syria.”

    And we, especially on this site, want the international community to become aware of the dangers of Islam and jihad. But unlike you, we’re doing it with a pen. We don’t burn anything, we don’t burn anyone. WE are civilized, YOU are not.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/09/us-and-them-nous-et-eux.html

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