Servais Verherstraeten said: “We want in Belgium an Islam practiced by people who respect our constitution, who want to integrate into our country.”

Most Western leaders simply assume, without a shred of evidence that Islam is practiced in their countries by people who respect their constitution and want to integrate into our country. In all too many cases, this reckless assumption will blow up in their faces.

Has Servais Verherstraeten stopped for a moment to consider why this large mosque is teaching what Belgian officials no doubt believe is a twisted version of Islam practiced only by a tiny minority of extremists? When and how did the “fringe” become “mainstream”? Has he asked himself why Saudi Arabia, which so ostentatiously bases all its laws upon Islamic law, would back this supposedly twisted version of Islam?

Verherstraeten said. “There is the perception that there is something to hide in the most important mosque in the country.”

“War is deceit,” said Muhammad.

“The Mosque is Belgium’s biggest. Officials say it’s a hotbed for extremism,” City Today, November 11, 2017: