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Hasselt Mayor Hilde Claes (socialist) has forbidden a meeting of the Islamist organisation Hib ut-Tahrir in Godsheide, in the municipality of Hasselt, following the advice of the police and the Home Department.
Hizb ut-Tahrir had applied to hold a conference in a local meeting place in Godsheide on 4 March, which is part of the municipality of Hasselt. When word spread, the news caused a lot of concern among local people.
Hasselt Mayor Hilde Claes has forbidden the meeting, arguing that public security cannot be guaranteed. Ms Claes also referred to a 1995 law against Holocaust denial and anti-racist legislation.