This is a new piece that is added to the puzzle that constitutes the case of the expulsion of Imam Hassan Iquioussen, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Our colleagues from the
JDD
reveal this Sunday that the preacher has been on file S for eighteen months.
Information since confirmed by a police source in
Figaro
.
The S form is an administrative police register, used by the intelligence services, grouping together all those who might want to undermine State security or public security.
It belongs to a more global file, the Wanted Persons File (FPR), which lists all the people "
subject to a research measure or verification of their legal situation
", specifies the CNIL, i.e. whatever 640,000 individuals.
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As an information report from the Senate pointed out in December 2018, being on an S file does not constitute sufficient reason to be expelled from national territory:
"The S file is a reporting tool, but does not constitute an indicator of dangerousness, nor proof of guilt."
This means in any case that the desire of the Interior to send Hassan Iquioussen back to Morocco is the result of long-term monitoring work.
The next round before the Council of State
Born in France but of Moroccan nationality, the preacher is indeed accused of having made anti-Semitic, homophobic and “
anti-women
” remarks during sermons or conferences.
On Friday, the administrative justice urgently suspended the expulsion of Hassan Iquioussen, considering that it would cause a "
disproportionate attack
" on his "
private and family life
".
The court notably recalled that the 57-year-old imam was “
born in France where he has resided since birth with his wife and five French children and fifteen French grandchildren.
The Ministry of the Interior immediately announced that it would appeal this decision.
The standoff between administrative justice and Place Beauvau therefore continues before the Council of State.
In a press release, Gérald Darmanin said he was “
decided to fight against those who make and disseminate comments of an anti-Semitic nature and contrary to equality between men and women.
He is "
more determined than ever
", abounds a source close to the government, recalling his intention to legislate to achieve this, in particular through the immigration bill.
For its part, the defense of Hassan Iquioussen thanked "
French justice for having been able to keep a cool head despite the media coverage of this file
", in the words of his lawyer Me Lucie Simon.
