New episode in the closure of the Pantin mosque.
Lawyers for the Muslim Federation of Pantin announced Tuesday evening that they had appealed to the Council of State against the decision to close the place of worship, confirmed on October 27 by the Montreuil administrative court.
"We hope that the appeal will be studied next week," said Vincent Brengarth, one of the councils.
The mosque closed for six months
On October 19, the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture issued a decree closing this place of worship for six months in order to "prevent the commission of terrorist acts".
She criticized in particular its rector, M'hammed Henniche, for having shared on the Facebook page of the mosque - followed by 98,000 people - the video of the student's parent who had attacked Samuel Paty.
The professor was assassinated on October 16 for showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a free speech class.
The prefecture decree also pointed to the presence of Imam Ibrahim Doucouré, accused of "being involved in the radical Islamist movement in Ile-de-France".
The Federation requests an appointment at the prefecture
As soon as it closed, the Muslim Federation of Pantin had filed an interim relief with the administrative court to challenge the decree, considering that it infringed "the freedom of association, worship and property rights".
Referral-freedom that the court had finally rejected.
At the same time as this new appeal filed with the Council of State, the Federation's lawyers requested an appointment with the prefecture.
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The day before the hearing at the administrative court, Ibrahim Doucouré had published a press release announcing that he was withdrawing from his activities to “promote appeasement”.
An announcement which had led the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis to declare during the hearing that the duration of the closure of the place of worship could be reduced if “more solid guarantees” were provided to him.
