The Council of State gave, Tuesday August 30, the green light to the expulsion of the imam Hassan Iquioussen, decided by Gérald Darmanin. The institution rejected the argument that this decision constituted a ” serious and unlawful interference to his private and family life. Imam Iquioussen is in the sights of justice because of comments deemed hateful.
In a tweet, published Tuesday, August 30 in the afternoon, Gérald Darmanin welcomed the decision of the Council of State, which validated the decision to expel Imam Hassan Iquioussen. The Minister of the Interior considered that it was ” a great victory for the Republic “. ” He will be expelled from the national territory “, added Gerald Darmanin.
On August 5, the Paris administrative court had suspended, in summary proceedings, the expulsion to Morocco of this imam reputed to be close to the Muslim Brotherhood, judging that she would carry a ” disproportionate harm » to his « vie private and family “. But the Ministry of the Interior had appealed this decision.
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The Council of State validates the expulsion of Mr. Iquioussen who holds and propagates in particular anti-Semitic remarks and contrary to equality between women and men. This is a great victory for the Republic. He will be expelled from the national territory.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) August 30, 2022
In a press release, the interim judge of the Council of State explains his decision to authorize the expulsion of Imam Iquioussen: “ Her anti-Semitic remarks, made for several years at numerous widely publicized conferences, as well as her discourse on the inferiority of women and their submission to men, constitute acts of explicit and deliberate provocation to discrimination or hatred justifying the deportation decision. He also considers that this decision does not cause a serious and manifestly illegal attack on (his) private and family life. »
The imam’s lawyer, Lucie Simon, reacted on Twitter saying that this decision symbolized ” weakened rule of law “and lamented” an alarming context of pressure from the executive on the judiciary “. ” The legal fight continues, the Administrative Court of Paris will have to look into the merits of the case soon, and Hassan Iquioussen is studying the possibility of seizing the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) again. “, she added.
The Council of State confirms the expulsion of Hassan Iquioussen in an alarming context of pressure from the executive on the judiciary (1/4)
—Lucie Simon (@LucieSimon94) August 30, 2022
The ECHR had refused to suspend the deportation in early August, explaining that it was only granting interim measures of suspension ” only exceptionally “, when the applicant was exposed ” to a real risk of irreparable damage “.
For the president of the League of Human Rights (LDH) Patrick Baudouin, the expulsion of Imam Iquioussen is “a disappointment” despite his “unacceptable remarks”
(With AFP)