Belgium tries 46 over Syria jihadist links

Source: BBC

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Forty-six people have gone on trial in Antwerp on charges of belonging to a group that sent jihadists to Syria, the largest case of its kind in Belgium.

Prosecutors say the Sharia4Belgium organisation sent recruits to militant groups such as Islamic State (IS).

Only eight of the accused appeared in court. The rest are thought to be on the frontline – or dead – in Syria.

European governments are increasingly worried about the risks posed by their citizens fighting in Syria and Iraq.

IS militants spearheaded an assault across northern Iraq this summer, adding a belt of territory there to the areas under their control in Syria.

The US, and its European and Arab allies, have responded with air strikes on IS-held territory.

More than 3,000 European Muslims are thought to have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight for IS and groups that share its ideology, such as al-Qaeda-allied Jabhat al-Nusra.

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  1. Sooner, all the Muslims come to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s understanding, about human rights struggle, that era of any armed conflict is over and the only sensible way to seek your human rights is through dialogue, negotiation and diplomacy, better off they and the rest of the world will be.

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