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Why is this Belgian suburb linked to so many terrorist attacks?

French prosecutors have said that Friday's attacks in Paris were planned in Belgium. According to Interiror Minister, Jan Jambon, the quiet, working class suburb of Molenbeek has become "the capital of political Islam in continental Europe."

Newsday speaks to "The Telegraph" journalist, Andrew Gilligan, who has spent time in the Brussels district of Molenbeek.

(Photo: A man walks down a street in Brussels Molenbeek district. Credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

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