Muslim extremist Malika El Aroud (64) has died in Belgium after a prolonged illness, De Standaard reports. El Aroud was considered one of the leaders of al-Qaeda’s Belgian cell and was known as one of Europe’s most prominent Internet jihadists.
Malika El Aroud, nicknamed ‘Mama Jihad’ or ‘the black widow of jihad’, passed away in Belgium on Thursday. Since being stripped of her Belgian citizenship in 2017, she had been living in seclusion with a relative. The New York Times called El Aroud one of the most prominent Internet jihadists in Europe in 2008.
