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Did they or didn’t they? The battle for control of Brussels’ Grand Mosque

Did they or didn’t they? The battle for control of Brussels’ Grand Mosque

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Nov 17, 2017
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Did they or didn’t they? The battle for control of Brussels’ Grand Mosque
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By James M. Dorsey

It’s hard to prove beyond doubt a direct causal link between militancy and Saudi-inspired ultra-conservative forms of Sunni Muslim Islam. That hasn’t stopped the Belgium’s parliament from attempting to wrest control from Saudi Arabia of Brussel’s downtown Grand Mosque after three years in which Belgians played a prominent role in Islam…

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