Brussels, Belgium, Oct 11, 2024 (AFP) - Rising Belgian politician courts Muslim vote -- and controversy

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2024-10-11

Weaving between market stalls in the working-class Brussels district of Molenbeek, Fouad Ahidar likes to remind voters he was a market vendor himself as a teenager -- driving home his credentials as a people's politician. Something of a rising star on the Belgian left, the 50-year-old Ahidar is also a controversial figure, with a message overtly aimed at the Muslim vote that blends kitchen table issues with tough talk on Gaza or the right to wear......

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