Villeneuve d'Ascq: prosecuted for money laundering and breach of trust, the leaders of the mosque await their verdict. Lille administrative court rejected a first appeal from the mosque two years ago.
Major work to widen the mosque had been planned since 2013, but was stopped by the municipality's refusal to grant a new building permit. In a 2023 report on Averroès, the prefect raised the possibility that the Islamic Center, which received donations from Qatar but also from Kuwait or Egypt, had made “false loans” to the establishment.