The trial of the Imam of Villiers-le-Bel prosecuted for "apology for terrorism", which was to be held this Thursday, November 12 at the Pontoise court (Val d'Oise), has been postponed until Thursday, November 26.
Black beard provided, black jacket, green and white sweater, the defendant, Luqman H., made only a brief appearance in the box before the president of Chamber 8.4 announced the dismissal.
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The counsel of the 33-year-old Pakistani, Me Xavier Nogueras, is indeed
"suffering"
.
"It is a rather delicate matter, a hearing which he wished to attend personally"
, indicated the collaborator of the Parisian lawyer.
The Pakistani was kept in pre-trial detention.
He faces seven years in prison
Luqman H. is accused of three videos in Urdu posted in September on his TikTok account - now deleted.
In one of them, he declared in particular:
"Muslims are always ready to sacrifice themselves for their prophet"
.
In another, he congratulated the alleged perpetrator of the attack in front of the former
Charlie Hebdo
premises
, which took place in the midst of the January 2015 bombings trial.
In early October, during an immediate appearance hearing at which he expressed his wish to be tried later to prepare his defense, the 30-something said he regretted these videos, and that he had them published only to
"make the buzz"
.
He faces seven years in prison and a 100,000 euros fine.
