French Government Puts an End to Imams Paid by Foreign Countries
Many radicalising imams will not be affected by the ban, critics point out.
Many radicalising imams will not be affected by the ban, critics point out.
Critics agree that foreign funding should be banned, but say German Muslims should fund their own mosques.
President Macron has been promising to tackle radical foreign Islamist influences since 2020.
The hefty grant was paused after a video of the mosque’s head imam discussing the stoning of women went viral on social media.
According to the latest opinion issued by the Court of Appeal of Mons, the facts underlying the European arrest warrant do not constitute an offence under Belgian law, and extradition is therefore not justified.
Following his arrest, Hassan Iquioussen should have been placed in an administrative detention centre. But when the police arrived at his home, he was not there.
Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin welcomed the legal firmness with which the imam was treated. It was, however, a firmness that was quickly put to the test.
The Lady of Heaven proved an affront to all branches of Islam for its showing of the prophet Muhammed—within the Islamic faith, any depiction of its founder is expressly forbidden.
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