Facing Brussels

BRUSSELS – For the first time, Lusobelgae sheds light on the Portuguese community in Brussels, from the first wave of migration in the 1960s (political and economic refugees fleeing the Salazar regime) to the present day. The community is divided between traditional labour migration and EU officials, and there is a young generation who want to break free from the closed community and engage with wider society.

BELGIUM - There is no form of religion that politicians and commentators are as concerned about as Salafism. The young men with their beards full of religion and women dressed in long, wavy robes with black stretch gloves have become the symbol of backwardness, of an Islam that does not belong to the West.

BRUSSEL: een wonderlijk amalgaam van peepshows, peeskamers, frituren, kebabzaken, slijterijen, staminees met zatte hoerenlopers, islamitische boekhandels en illegale moskeeën. De islam woekert en gedijt hier, als een roos op een mestvaalt.