Administrative justice is examining the expulsion order signed by Gérald Darmanin against this imam. Coincidentally, this hearing occurs four days after the expulsion to Tunisia of another imam, Mahjoub Mahjoubi.
In July 2022, the Minister of the Interior announced the expulsion of this Islamist preacher from the North. The order accused him of “a proselytizing speech peppered with remarks inciting hatred and discrimination and carrying a vision of Islam contrary to the values of the Republic ”