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.
