For at least three centuries, citizens of Holsbeek, Belgium have celebrated Christmas by putting a Christmas tree and model of baby Jesus in the town square. But that tradition has come to an end in 2016 for fear of offending the town’s four Muslims. Achiel Claes, a former town alderman for the Christian-Democrats, said: “The reason was that it would be ‘too provocative for Muslims’. “There are only four Muslims living in town and they will never complain that there is a nativity scene in city hall.” Mr Claes said he could “understand” if a nativity scene was banned in Molenbeek – where the terrorists behind the November 2015 Paris attacks lived. The nativity scene could offend the town’s population of four Muslims, it has been claimed. The Express report: But in the sleepy town of Holsbeek – 20 miles outside Brussels, the home of the European Parliament – the move has been branded “ridiculous”. Belgian State Secretary of Asylum and Migration Theo Francken said it was a “matter of principle” to him. “Some people want to take away all our traditions, but I will resist that.” The European Parliament is 20 miles from Holsbeek, the town that banned the [...]
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