In the wake of the 2015 Paris attacks , the Molenbeek municipality in Brussels was described in many media reports as a " no-go area " , where gang violence and Islamic fundamentalism had fed on Molenbeek 's marginalisation , despair and festering resentment of authority . In 2015 Belgium 's home affairs minister said that the government did not " have control of the situation in Molenbeek " and that terrorists ' links to this district were a " gigantic problem " . Other academics , commentators , journalists and residents have contested the description of Molenbeek as a no-go zone
2015 Paris attacks
November 2015 Paris attacks
No-go area