19 September 2011

Brussels: Muslim youth 're-Islamizing'

.... The neo-Salafists, inspired by Saudi preachers, attract the most attention: men with beards, women with a long black or gray veil (jilbab). Neo-Salafists read the Koran literally and go to the grand mosque in Jubille park.

El Bachiri says that the neo-Salafists (Wahabbists) recruit mostly poorer Muslims who draw dignity from strictly following their faith, and therefore have more of a tendency to break with the rest of society. [Islam in Europe] Read more