Belgium Strips Samidoun Member of Refugee Status

Mohammed Khatib is the European coordinator for the U.S.-designated terror group Samidoun. The group has also been banned in Canada, Germany, and Israel

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Mohammed Khatib, a prominent Palestinian activist in Belgium, had his refugee status officially revoked on Wednesday, according to reports from the Dutch-language newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. The decision by the Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGVS) follows mounting pressure from authorities who accuse Khatib of extremist activity.

Khatib has been a central figure in both Samidoun and Masar Badil, two groups often regarded as “clones” of one another, sharing an overlapping leadership, agenda, and activities. Samidoun has been designated as a terrorist entity in multiple Western countries, including the U.S., Canada, and Germany, for serving as an arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), itself an internationally-designated Palestinian-Marxist terror group.

As Jewish Onliner has previously reported, Samidoun and Masar Badil have co-hosted events with members of Hamas, the Houthis, and the PFLP.

Source: Honestly Concerned

Belgian authorities summoned Khatib for a hearing in July 2024 to review his refugee status, citing security concerns and his status as a “hate preacher” in official threat analyses. In April 2025, these mounting accusations culminated in Khatib’s arrest by Belgian authorities following his radical activities.

In October 2022, Khatib stood outside the European Parliament in Brussels during a Masar Badil rally and was recorded shouting, “Defeating Israel means defeating this colonial institution,” in reference to the EU parliament itself.

During a May 2025 webinar for students at Pennsylvania’s Temple University, Khatib declared that “if Palestine is liberated, this means this is a nail to dismantle the United States of America,” arguing that the destruction of American power structures was intertwined with Palestinian liberation.

With legal proceedings ongoing, Khatib’s case will remain a closely watched flashpoint in the evolving debate around refugee protections and political activism across the continent.