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In the last two decades, Belgium has become the hub of jihad in Europe. The district of Molenbeek in Brussels is now a foreign Islamist territory in the heart of Belgium. It is not, however, a lawless zone: sharia law has effectively replaced Belgian law.
Last week, when we reported on the latest clashes between French police and protesters in the ongoing labor reform saga, we said that "police used tear gas to disperse thousands of angry activists across the nation, who are protesting new labor reforms." According to the proposed reform states, employers would pay only 10% of overtime bonus, instead of the current 25%, making local workers understandably angry.
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Paris demanding a “general revolution” amid a continued ‘state of emergency’ in France. A variety of protestors, ranging from parents, students, workers, artists and pensioners, have set-up camp in around the Place de la République square for over a week – and the government are beginning to panic. Theguardian.com reports: Called Nuit debout, which loosely means “rise up at night”, the protest movement is increasingly being likened to the Occupy initiative that mobilised hundreds of thousands of people in 2011 or Spain’s Indignados.
Several streets were evacuated following a huge gas explosion in a residential building in the centre of Paris. Smoke was seen rising above an apartment block in the middle of the city shortly after 12.30pm local time Friday (11.30am UK time). BREAKING: Huge explosion in Paris, according to reports pic.twitter.com/cnTchMkqBu — Scott Campbell (@scottcampbell) April 1, 2016 The explosion reportedly took place not far from Montparnasse, on the left bank of the river Seine, and close to Ferrandi college According to local media the explosion was triggered by a severed gas pipe.
A Jewish man who went rushing into to a synagogue in Paris dressed as a jihadist brandishing a Kalashnikov and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, has been arrested The 40-year-old man, who has been branded an idiot, said he pulled the stunt to ‘lighten the mood’ The incident happened on Thursday evening when members of the Habad Loubavitch synagogue in eastern Paris were celebrating the festival of Purim, an annual festival where people dress up.