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Molenbeek

Habib, 57, and his daughter Rama, 12, live in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels.

Terrorists in their midst: Residents of a Brussels neighborhood now know

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The Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels resents the terror label it’s been stuck with since the Paris attacks. But some hope their neighbors will do more to thwart the next attack.

Children attend a candlelight vigil in the town square in Molenbeek, a neighborhood in Brussels with ties to the alleged perpetrators of the Paris attacks.

At a vigil in a Brussels neighborhood, residents proclaim ‘We are not all terrorists here’

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This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows Christmas lights in the municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (also known as Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, or just Molenbeek) in Brussels. Multiple people were arrested there during weekend searches to find suspects in the Nov. 13 ter

Inside Molenbeek, the troubled Brussels neighborhood linked to terror in Paris

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