Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2002
The incident of shooting a Muslim youth in Belgium sparked many controversies over the future of Islamic communities in Europe. There is now a concern for the leadership between the immigrants of the first generation and the youths of the third and fourth generation.
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Unknown persons threw a bomb at a mosque in Venlo in the Netherlands. A synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium was attacked with molotov cocktails. The Belgian police detained the president of the Arab-European Association. The police suspected him as one of the leaders causing riots in Belgium.