Belgium: Muslim government commissioner resigns over links to the Muslim Brotherhood

Ihsane Haouach

Jihad Watch :  Muslim Brotherhood organizations in the United States are dedicated, according to a captured internal document, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within, and sabotaging its miserable house.” How did Ihsane Haouach get so far without being thoroughly vetted? To have vetted her would have been “Islamophobic.”

“Belgium: suspected of having links with the Muslim Brotherhood, a member of the government resigns,” translated from “Belgique : suspectée d’avoir des liens avec les Frères musulmans, une membre du gouvernement démissionne,” Valeurs Actuelles, July 11, 2021:

Ihsane Haouach, government commissioner at the Institute for Gender Equality, resigned just weeks after his appointment. A feminist defending the wearing of the veil, she is suspected of having links with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Ihsane Haouach’s stint in the Belgian government did not last more than six weeks. The 36-year-old woman, known for her feminist positions, has been at the heart of a controversy since she was appointed government commissioner to the Institute for Gender Equality, the June 1st. An appointment that had weakened the federal majority of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, reports the Welt website. Ihsane Haouach finally announced on Friday July 9 that she was stepping down from her post.

Officially, she is stepping down in order to calm the political climate within the government. In her resignation letter, Ihsane Haouach referred to a “context of mistrust and violence towards [her]” which “makes it impossible to perform [her] job efficiently.” But the woman’s resignation could have been motivated by other reasons, argues the Belgian daily Le Soir, including the escalation to the government of compromising information from the intelligence services. According to the latter, the woman maintains links with the Muslim Brotherhood, a religious organization criticized for its communitarian vision of society.

The news was greeted with relief by those who opposed the appointment of Ihsane Haouach, including George Louis Bouchez, president of the Reform Movement, a liberal party. “I’m surprised we’re surprised. This kind of information has been filtering for weeks, so it’s still not something unknown, at least in relation to a certain militancy, a certain proximity with people who militate for religious principles that would dictate or who would influence the conduct of the state and society,” he said, as reported on the RTBF website.

During her first appearance at the Institute for Equality, Ihsane Haouach refused to take off her headscarf, sparking a heated debate that has continued to swell since.