Imam Hassan Iquioussen was arrested in Belgium, the Belgian Minister of Justice told AFP.
“
I can confirm to you that he was arrested today by the police
,” declared the minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne.
Having gone abroad, the Moroccan imam, subject to an expulsion order signed by Gérald Darmanin, was the subject of a European arrest warrant.
This arrest warrant had been issued by an investigating judge in Valenciennes (North) for "
evading the execution of a deportation decision
".
The preacher, implicated for remarks deemed contrary to the values of the Republic, had remained untraceable by the police at the end of August at his home in Lourches, near Valenciennes, after the validation of his expulsion order by the Council of State. .
The next day, the prefect of the North had explained, during a press conference, that the imam was therefore considered a “
delinquent
”, because on the run.