“Everyone knows that all mosques in Brussels are in the hands of Salafists. We need to change this, we need new mosques that follow our democratic rules and that are being controlled by the government.”

Good luck with that, but Mayor Mayeur should ask himself why it is that all the mosques in Brussels are in the hands of Salafists. After all, they’re supposed to be a tiny minority of extremists. So how did they gain control of all the mosques? And in light of that, how are they likely to react when the government-controlled mosques start preaching that Muslims should “follow our democratic rules”?

“Brussels mayor warns: All our mosques are being controlled by Salafists,” by Siobhan McFadyen, Express, March 25, 2017: