The rector of the great mosque of Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), M'Hammed Henniche, decided to file this Wednesday, October 21 an appeal against the closure of the place of worship, requested by the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin on Monday , announced the lawyer of the association which manages the building, William Bourdon, to our colleagues from France Bleu.
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The head of the mosque had 48 hours to file an appeal.
The authorities accuse this mosque of having shared on its Facebook page, on October 9, a video showing the father of a 4th year student at the Bois-d'Aulne college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, indignant at the result of 'a course on freedom of expression given on October 5 by Samuel Paty.
In his decree, the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis also targets one of the imams who officiates in this mosque and who is "
involved in the radical Islamist movement of Île-de-France
"
.
Tuesday, on the spot, the faithful considered themselves unjustly "
punished
" by this decision.