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| Belgian Teen Volunteers Fly Home From Morocco After Beheading Threat Over 'Short Shorts' | |
| 2019-08-10 | |
Waffled on their commitment in the face of reality, did they?
Footage of the girls labouring under the hot sun while dressed in shorts in a village in the south of the country was published by local news website last week. "People are very kind and very friendly, I love Morocco," one of the teenagers says in the video. But the "skimpy" outfits angered one teacher so much he called for the volunteers to be beheaded, echoing the recent grisly murder of two Scandinavian hikers by extremists. Police said on Tuesday that the 26-year-old teacher had been arrested on charges of "inciting terrorist acts" in a social media post. A member of the Islamist Justice and Development Party criticised the women for their choice of clothing. "Since when do Europeans work in swimming suits?" Ali El-Asri said in a Facebook post. The Belgian organisation that sent the group said on Wednesday that three of the teenagers have returned early from the trip because of the controversy and that it will stop trips to Morocco. "On the advice of foreign affairs, Bouworde has suspended all volunteer work in Morocco," a spokeswoman told Belgian media. "Our young people, who were very well received in the village, knew nothing. But after the news spread online, we received phone calls from concerned parents. "Three young people are now leaving home early. It is very unfortunate that the positivism of our young people is thwarted on Facebook by one man. Everyone is disappointed." Morocco regularly features in lists of tourism destinations that are the most dangerous for women to travel alone. | |
| Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660 |
| #10 Much wisdom from Vernal. We would be much better off if we had less to do with countries that we have zero in common with and that wish us ill. Globalization is a false faith. It is not one world. We are not like others, and our people must not aspire to become "global citizens." The concept is nonsense. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-08-10 22:31 |
| #9 Everyone is disappointed. IOW: Everyone is ignorant. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-08-10 22:08 |
| #8 This isn't so much a reason for me to be outraged as it supports my feelings that the West shouldn't have as many connections with these horrific third world countries and their barbarians (and my firm belief that their natives should't be allowed to move to the US or anywhere else in the West). |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrick 2019-08-10 16:31 |
| #7 It is a disgusting and evil culture. It is also eminently foolish to go to a backwards sh*thole country like this and do what they did. Those two things are NOT mutually exclusive. Did the Belgians do anything morally wrong? No. Were they in a very dangerous situation anyways? Yes. |
| Posted by: Vernal Hatrick 2019-08-10 16:30 |
| #6 I have more more respect for a sick, mangy man-eating grizzly bear than for this scum teacher who's openly calling for the cruel murder of admittedly stupid but also innocent and goodhearted minors who have come to his ****hole country to render assistance. A man eating bear must be put down. People who propose brutally massacring 15 year olds in the name of religion and morality are genuinely evil. So is their religion. So is their morality. Maybe Westerners need to relearn to be outraged. </rant> |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-10 12:47 |
| #5 I see no moral cause in favor of showing and respect. One respects poisonous snakes, grizzly bears, and groups of highly tattooed persons wearing gang colours, too, Elmerert Hupens2660. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-08-10 12:02 |
| #4 The real danger should be acknowledged and respected to the extent that Western children should not be sent to this god forsaken ****hole. Given the murderous nature of the locals' "culture", and given the acts of aggression by |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-10 08:36 |
| #3 I have some work needs doing on my gutters if any of them are available. |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-08-10 07:42 |
| #2 Doesn't pay to be cheeky toward the natives. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-08-10 03:21 |
| #1 Tolerable intolerance says the left... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-10 01:08 |