Van Ael Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Van Ael We're talking about third - and fourth-generation [ immigrants ] ; these youngsters are born in Belgium, even their fathers and mothers are born in Belgium, and still they are open for these kind of messages. This is not normal -- in the U.S., the second generation was the President ; here, the fourth generation is an IS fighter -- so that is really something we have to work on. there is no reason why you shouldn't feel Belgian -- this is the country you were raised in. This is the country where you have been fed, where you went to school, where you had your friends, where you practiced your sports. So why all of a sudden you don't feel Belgian ? Van Ael top-news We live in an era where everybody that tries to speak out and stand up for the truth will find people trying to stop him from doing so. Van Ael top-news We shouldn't be too afraid to point the fingers at ourselves and to say that we also have work to do to change this kind of violent radicalization. Van Ael world