Planned attack on Belgian prime minister thwarted in Antwerp
Prosecutors described it as a "jihadist-inspired terrorist attack." During a search in the Deurne area of Antwerp, police found a homemade explosive that the suspects were planning to attach to a drone to execute the attack. Deurne is near the prime minister's residence.
"The news of a planned attack targeting Prime Minister Bart De Wever is extremely shocking," Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prevot wrote in a post on X. "I express my full support to the prime minister, his wife and his family, and my thanks go to the security and justice services, whose swift action has prevented the worst. It highlights that we are facing a very real terrorist threat and that we have to remain vigilant."
Reports said that Antwerp Mayor Els van Doesburg and Dutch anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders may have also been targets. Defense Minister Theo Francken said he couldn't confirm who else was a target but that he was not.
Francken said on Flemish public broadcaster VRT, "it is terrible for Bart and his family, and of course it's Islamists again," BBC reported.
The suspects were arrested on suspicion of attempted terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist group. They all live in Antwerp, the prosecutor's office said. The oldest one, who is 24, was released Thursday night due to lack of evidence. The other two are expected to appear Friday before an investigating judge.
At a press conference Friday, Federal Prosecutor Ann Fransen said searches found a "bag of steel balls" and a 3D printer with "indications that they intended to use a drone to attach a payload."
She said there have been 80 terrorism investigations in Belgium this year, which is more than the number of cases in all of 2024.
Five people were convicted in April of a 2023 plot to attack De Wever while he was mayor of Antwerp. De Wever is conservative and is the first Flemish nationalist to be prime minister.
Italy: New bill targets ‘cultural separatism’ linked to Islam, includes burqa ban
France banned the burqa in 2011, and in January 2022, France’s separatism law officially came into effect. The law was aimed at “consolidating respect for the principles of the Republic” by countering “separatism.” It was part of French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to fight terrorism.
Since then, France got much worse under the leftist, globalist Macron, who supported open borders. According to the French website Palais de la Porte Dorée: “France is said to count 400,000 illegal foreigners on its soil, including 38,000 waiting for a decision on their asylum-seeker status.” Many of these illegals have made their way across the English Channel into the UK.
The bottom line is that any leader can implement any number of laws, but the effectiveness of those laws is determined by how the law is implemented. France is finished under Macron, despite his laws to confront Islamization, which amount to little more than a promotional campaign for himself.
In Italy, the human rights activist and Islam critic Rasmus Paludan was banned from entering the country a few months ago. See also HERE for the Islamic problems plaguing Italy. And last August, the Italian government admitted “that nearly 126,000 migrants had arrived on Italian shores since the start of the year, compared to 66,000 during the same period” a year earlier, in 2023. These are primarily Muslim migrants from Libya and Tunisia who cross the Mediterranean.
Only time will tell whether this new bill to target face coverings and religious funding will amount to anything substantial, or whether it’s just another instance of political posturing.
New Italian bill targets Islamic face coverings and religious funding
Reuters, October 8, 2025:
Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party put forward legislation on Wednesday to ban the burqa and niqab in public spaces, part of a broader bill aimed at combating what it called “cultural separatism” linked to Islam.
The bill, presented to parliament by lawmakers from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party, would prohibit garments covering the face in all public places, schools, universities, shops, and offices nationwide.The burqa is a full-body garment that covers a woman from head to foot, including a mesh screen over the eyes. The niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear.
Violators would face fines of 300 to 3,000 euros (US$350-$3,500).
The legislation was aimed at combating “religious radicalisation and religiously-motivated hatred,” the introductory text said.
France first European country to ban burqas completelyFrance was the first European country to introduce a blanket ban on wearing burqas in public in 2011.The list has expanded significantly since, with more than 20 states around the world implementing some form of ban on the burqa and other full-face coverings in public, including Austria, Tunisia, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Switzerland…..
The legislation extends beyond face coverings to impose new financial transparency requirements on religious organizations that lack formal agreements with the Italian state.
No Muslim organizations currently have such agreements, leaving Islam without the formal recognition granted to 13 other religious groups. Under the proposed law, unrecognized groups will have to disclose all funding sources, with financing restricted to entities that pose no threat to state security….
UK: Neighbors of Manchester synagogue murderer reported his ‘fanatical interest in Islam’ to police, who did nothing
Of course the cops did nothing. To have investigated al-Shamie based on those concerns would have been a tacit admission of what authorities in shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain steadfastly deny: that Islam has anything to do with terrorism. Any investigation would have been “Islamophobic.”
Neighbours of Manchester synagogue attacker say they reported concerns to police
by Josh Halliday, Guardian, October 6, 2025:
Neighbours of the Manchester synagogue attacker reported concerns to police about a family member being “radicalised” and attempting to “preach” the Qur’an to local children, the Guardian has been told.
Police have said Jihad al-Shamie, 35, did not appear to be known to counter-terrorism officials before he attacked a Heaton Park synagogue leading to the deaths of two worshippers on Yom Kippur.
However, people who knew the family said on Monday they had concerns about the apparently fanatical interest in Islam shown by the killer and another family member in recent years.
One neighbour said “everything changed” during the Covid pandemic when Shamie and the other relative started wearing traditional Islamic dress, holding “private” gatherings in the garden and attempting to “preach the Qur’an” on their quiet suburban street.
A neighbour told the Guardian: “They just started wearing all the robes and everything. I thought [one relative] was being radicalised because he wouldn’t speak to us for a bit.
“He was coming up the road preaching to kids about the Qur’an. It was quite intimidating. It was intrusive.”
The neighbour, who did not want to be named, said she was “really concerned” and reported it to Greater Manchester police in the summer of 2020 or 2021. “I would never do that if I weren’t [concerned],” she said.
The disclosure is likely to raise questions about the extent to which these concerns were investigated before the attack last Thursday. One witness reported hearing him shout: “This is what you’re going to get for killing our children,” as he attempted to break into the building armed with a knife. Shamie was shot dead by police after the attack.
Greater Manchester police have been contacted for comment. The force said on Friday they believed he “may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology”….
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