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Europe
Belgian mosque attacked with petrol bomb, one dead
2012-03-13
BRUSSELS - A man threw a petrol bomb through the window of a mosque west of Brussels on Monday, killing the imam and injuring a second person, Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure reported.

The newspaper quoted police as saying a suspect was detained after the attack in Anderlecht and a large crowd of people gathered in front of the mosque. Police were not immediately reachable for comment.

Belgium has a Muslim population of about 500,000 out of a population of nearly 11 million and there are occasional acts of violence between communities, particularly in areas such as Anderlecht.
Another version of the story from the BBC.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  My first thought was Kristallnacht, but, now it's more like brown shirts on black shirts.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-03-13 12:41  

#3  Green on Green
Posted by: Hellfish   2012-03-13 12:00  

#2  per this from Flanders News (english version), the bomber was reported to have shouted anti Shiite slogans during the attack

so, yes, it may well be a Sunni attack on the Shiites
Posted by: Lord Garth   2012-03-13 10:43  

#1  According to this article the mosque is largest Shiite mosque in Brussels.

Another very interesting information from the article:
The last time an imam was targetted in Brussels was in 1989 when Saudi-born Abdullah Muhammad al-Ahdal was shot dead.

He served as imam in the Grand Mosque of Brussels and was killed on March of that year by an armed man inside the mosque.

His killing was claimed by a small pro-Iranian group in Lebanon who accussed him of being too moderate and of having rejected the death fatwa slapped on writer Salman Rushdie.

In 1989 even Saudi Wahabis rejected and condemned Rushdie rules. In the 21st century acceptance of Rushdie rules is consensus among Western elites.
Posted by: Thinetle Jamble3987   2012-03-13 05:53  

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