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December 5, 2006
Belgium: Muslims Stone Jewish Children
A story I found in Expatica News caught my attention. It described how Jewish children, who were visiting Beringen, in Limburg province, Belgium, were set upon by "local residents of foreign origins." I tried to think which people "of foreign origins" would want to attack a group of Jewish schoolchildren.
Being of a suspicious mind, I Googled, and eventually found more information, care of Islam in Europe, backed up by reports in Dutch from HLN.be and Eyes and in English from JTA News. Their attackers were, unsurprisingly, Muslim youths of Turkish origin. What is bizarre is why Expatica bothered to report the ethnicity of the victims, but not their assailants.
About 60 Jewish children had gone to stay at a youth hostel on an excursion on Thursday, November 30. They had come to visit the Beringen mines, which include the Vlaams mijnmuseum, a mine which had closed in 1992 but has been preserved, with a museum. Other former coal mines, such as the Charbonnages de Beringen (pictured) which closed in 1989 lie deserted in the area, as historical sites of interest.
The Jewish children had come from Antwerp, and were aged from 12 to 15 years, expecting a stay which would be an educational holiday. The children were Hasidic, and wore their traditional black attire and hats, with long sideburns. As soon as they reached the youth hostel where they were to stay, they came under attack from a group of Turkish Muslims, who pelted them with stones. Once the children had gone into the hostel, the Muslims continued to throw stones and concrete blocks, smashing windows of the building. The Muslims were shouting anti-semitic abuse. The children had to shelter from the missiles and flying glass in an inner corridor of the hostel.
The leaders of the school group called the police, but even after the arrival of police, the youths continued to throw stones and shout insults for about an hour. Once the aggression had subsided, the Muslims continued to stay in the vicinity of the hostel. As a result, police decided that they could not guarantee the schoolboys' safety, and escorted them to the highway for them to return to Antwerp.
Four adults and six youths under the age of 18 were arrested, and at the weekend they were brought before a district court. All were sentenced to 30 hours' of community service, and were ordered to pay compensation to the youth hostel. The commune (district authority) issued an apology to the schoolchildren. It may press charges once all information on the case is clarified.
Already, charges have been filed by centre against racism and for equal chances. Claude Marinower, a Jewish member of parliament, said he will "raise the issue with the ministers of justice and the interior."
Forum, an Antwerp-based Jewish group demanded "drastic measures to guarantee the safety of all youth throughout Belgium. A failure to do so would endanger our democracy."
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UPDATE Dec 6
With thanks to Esther of Islam in Europe, there is more information on this case. There were about 20 to 30 Turkish Muslims involved in the assault at the youth hostel at Beringen. Claude Marinower has said that the attackers also made the Nazi salute.
He has said that the Turkish youths had claimed that they had never met Jews before, and had spontaneously "reacted" to the dress of the children. Mr Marinower pours scorn on this account.
The youths will do their community service during the Christmas vacation, so as not to interupt their own schol studies. Additionally 7 Turkish groups are to meet aout the incident, with the intention of writing a letter to the Jewish comunity.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at December 5, 2006 6:33 PM
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"local residents of foreign origins"- yep, wonder who those could be. Aw, some pesky puritans again.
What a sad day when even after the police arrive to the crime scene, there is still not a guarantee for protection. What a sad world!
30 hours of community service and compensation to the youth hostel? That's all. Pity.
Posted by: pigtails not veils ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.westernresistance.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 5, 2006 9:19 PM
Thanks for the link.
Please note that there were 10 people arrested (though some sources say 12). That does not mean that only 10 people took part in the attack. According to sources in the Jewish community they were attacked by 20-30 people.
Posted by: Esther at December 6, 2006 5:36 AM
Thank you Esther.
I have amended that. I am going to get the Dutch articles translated, and will amend accordingly.
Posted by: Giraldus Cambrensis at December 6, 2006 6:28 AM
I have not translated the articles word for word as I was trying to put all the information together in a presentable manner based on all the information I had, but if you want, I can translate them for you (email me if interested).
Posted by: Esther at December 6, 2006 9:10 AM
"local residents of foreign origins"
I don't get it. Why does our media continue to dance around the truth?
And how much longer are we going to be dhimmis?
Problems like these do not go away if ignored.
Let's handle them now, while we still can.
Posted by: senatortombstone at December 6, 2006 6:56 PM
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