The Council of State confirmed this Friday, March 29, the expulsion order of imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi issued on February 22. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, welcomed this decision on the social network X, calling it “an important victory against radical Islam” Imam of the small town of Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Gard) was arrested and then deported last February to Tunisia.

He was accused of broadcasting a video in which he described the “tricolor flag” – without specifying whether it was the French flag – as a “satanic flag’