Belgium’s Muslim community say they have been shocked by recent events in Paris and Brussels.

euronews’s Charles Salamé on Thursday interviewed the imam of the Belgian capital’s Great Mosque, Mohamed Galaye Ndiaye.

He told euronews that Muslims in Brussels are upset that their faith “is once again in the dock”, adding that young, radicalised Muslims are “victims” because they often come from poor, disadvantaged backgrounds.

Charles Salamé, euronews: Mr. Mohamed Galaye, Imam of the Great Mosque of Brussels. What are your feelings and your messages regarding the recent events in Paris?

Mohamed Galaye, Imam of the Great Mosque of Brussels: Listen, we heard about this event with a feeling of dread and a kind of sadness twice over. Sadness for the people of France and the whole of France, to whom we send our sincere condolences, and sadness because it is Islam that is once again in the dock. Every time there are attacks of this nature, you could to ask us what our feelings are; what