The Minister of the Interior announced on X that he had requested the withdrawal of the residence permit of the imam of Bagnols-sur-Céze, Mahjoub Mahjoubi, confirming information from BFM TV.
Gérald Darmanin says he is waiting for “
his expulsion from the territory
”.
On instructions from the boss of Beauvau, the Tunisian imam was reported by the prefect of Gard, Jérôme Bonet.
“
No call for hatred will go unanswered,”
specifies Gérald Darmanin.
In a video relayed on social networks, the imam describes the French flag as a “
satanic flag
” which has “
no value with Allah
”.
“
We will no longer have all these tricolor flags which plague us, which give us headaches
,” he declares.
Anti-France preaching
A member of the Association of Muslims of Gard Rhone (AMGR), the imam had been the subject of a first report well before this affair, for financial offenses linked to the management of the mosque.
A second report was made at the end of last week due to these anti-France preachings.
“
At the request of
Emmanuel Macron
, we have intensified the fight against radical and political Islam followed by the DGSI
” also indicated Gérald Darmanin on X, following a revelation in Le Figaro on the 26% increase in expulsions of jihadists in 2023.