FRANCE THE EXPULSION OF THE IMAM

HASSAN IQUIOUSSEN VALIDATED BY THE COUNCIL

 OF STATE "A VICTORY FOR THE REPUBLIC"

On July 28, the Interior announced the upcoming expulsion of Hassan Iquioussen, based near Valenciennes (North) and operating via videos posted on social networks. The ministry criticized him for his closeness to the Muslim Brotherhood and "a proselytizing discourse inciting hatred and discrimination and carrying a vision of Islam contrary to the values ​​of the Republic".

In fact, remarks deemed anti-Semitic, favorable to the submission of women to men, or even pro-Sharia, were made by Hassan Iquioussen. He also campaigns for Muslims to structure themselves politically or via associations, in order to gradually impose their ideas in society.

The man, born in France 58 years ago but of Moroccan nationality, has also been on file S for eighteen months, revealed Gérald Darmanin.

After the announcement of his expulsion, his lawyer filed an appeal against the expulsion order. The administrative court had canceled the decision on August 5, pointing to a “disproportionate attack (on) private and family life” of the imam, father of five children and grandfather only fifteen grandchildren with French nationality.

The court recognized the “contentious remarks” about the women but noted that he had not uttered anti-Semitic words since 2014.

Gérald Darmanin said he was "surprised" by the decision to cancel the expulsion. By bringing his request to the Council of State, he had estimated that the institution “will apply the law. Either the law allows France to protect itself, or it does not allow it to be expelled and, in this case, the law will have to be changed to better defend the French”. He also accused Hassan Iquioussen of being "those who sow an atmospheric jihadism", a concept according to which ambient Islamist discourses or those flirting with doctrine favor the acting out of isolated individuals.

Imam Iquioussen, burkini in Grenoble but also, dissolutions of the Collective against Islamophobia in France and of the BarakaCity association : 

the jurisprudence of the Council of State, certainly in different files, displays a constancy in the defense of republican values.