BRUSSELS, Belgium—The mayor of the town of Vilvoorde in Belgium, Hans Bonte, has ordered the closure of the local Gurdwara, Guru Nanak Sahib, for one month.
Belgian media Tuesday charged that the Sikh temple “appears to operate as a magnet for Indians staying in Belgium illegally.”
The Flanders news and radio VRT website said that during a recent police raid 11 illegal immigrants were discovered in the cellars of an empty building in the neighbourhood of the Gurdwara in Vilvoorde which lies outside Brussels.
Bonte was quoted saying that: “This is the same hiding place used by people-traffickers who were convicted at the end of last year. In total, they received prison sentences totalling 54 years and six months. The Sikh temple provided food and accommodation for the illegal immigrants during daytime.”
On Oct 13, Bonte had a meeting with representatives of the Gurdwara. He asked them to formulate constructive proposals aimed at tackling the problem of the illegals.
“They told me they were aware of the situation but could not do anything about it. Meanwhile, I have not heard anything” said the mayor.
Representatives of the Gurdwara say that the Sikh worship house offers Langar (free food) to anybody who comes there without demanding their identity papers.
dear friends sometimes ago i saw at on belgium border that some unlegal persons were trying to go to the uk in the trucks,belgium police found them and did,not warn them.instead of warning or any legal action,the pliceman smiled and given them a comment,try again,try again to enter in uk.acctualy europeon countries hate the uk ,the main reaon is that united kingdom not accepting the europeon currency euro instead of british pound.while britain is in europeon union but british laws are diferent from eurpion law.his currency is strong and he is also strong everywhere than europeon countries.legal protection is very strong in uk for sikh comunity so every sikh want to stay in uk than europeon countries,belgium law is not good for sikhism.these persons like bente need a chance to take action against sikh comunity because they hate the asian people.while some bad people are responsible for human tafficing,but bonte should take action against those people,not against sikh temple.this matter shows thathow much poison contains in their heart against humanity,i would like to say again,hate this person bonte and his party,,,,,,,belgium police and french police aap hi logo ko uk jane de lai support krdi hai ena de dil wich uk waste bahut nafrat bhari hoi hai,uk government es gal nu samjdi hai,,,,bonte jihe band nu jutiya da haar pehna ke support kro….
this is the very sad maater that mr bonte closed the brussels sikh temle for one month,actualy he hates the indian community and was trying to make chance and action against sikh temple,he did very bad to britch this action,he should follow action about those persons who are responsible for their activities.but this bad mind person mr bonte acted against sikh temple,sikh temple is a holly place like church and hindu mandir,muslim,s masjid.mr bonte given wrong defination to sikh temple,this matter shows that the heart of mr bonte is too currupt to say abount other monorities.my apeal is for all sikhs hindus and muslims in belgium that do,not vote support elect the bonte politics party,avoid his party and hate his party.mr bonte is not a human he is an selfish person hate the humanity….