The prefect of Gard, Jérôme Bonet, returned to the defense of the Tunisian imam of the Bagnols-sur-Cèze mosque (Gard) A preliminary investigation was opened for “apology of terrorism” by the Nîmes public prosecutor's office. The cleric has been under fire from criticism since the broadcast of a controversial sermon on February 9 in which he speaks in particular of a “tricolor flag” which has “no value with Allah”