“Astonishment and fear must change sides.
The sentence is signed by Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, and illustrates the desire to kick start in Salafist circles.
This Monday, the police conducted 34 home visits in a dozen departments to people or cultural and religious associations "reported to the services for their radicalization".
About ten operations took place in Ile-de-France.
The strongest decision is the closure of the Pantin mosque for six months.
The authorities accuse M'hammed H., president of the Federation of Muslims of Pantin, of having relayed the video of Brahim C., this parent of a student who denounced the course given by Samuel Paty on the Facebook page of the place of worship, "without any moderation [...] notwithstanding the risk that the disclosure of his identity would incur for the person concerned", details the closure order, which we were able to consult.
"Known for its links with Salafism" she would have "facilitated the act of terrorism of which he was a victim".
READ ALSO>
Closure of the Pantin mosque: 4 questions on a sensitive procedure
M'hammed H, also Secretary General of the Muslim associations of Seine-Saint-Denis, was also known to the authorities for having already criticized National Education.
In 2018, he then said that “school books teaching children to masturbation were ready” and wondered about “the upcoming organization of school trips to Gay Pride”.
The imam of the Great Mosque of Pantin is also "involved in the radical Islamist movement", according to the closing decree, and as such filed S, according to a police source.
His children were educated in the Koranic school closed on October 8 in Bobigny.
Other operations to be planned in the coming days
Proof of the desire to strike "associations or groups deemed harmful" - Gérald Darmanin wants the dissolution of the CCIF or Barakacity - the investigators also raided the premises of the NGO Ummah Charity in Creil.
Its president, Billal Righi was arrested after refusing to "communicate the decryption key to his computers and mobile phones".
Billal Righi had announced, on his Twitter account, the opening of a fund of support for Brahim C. His custody was lifted on Monday evening.
READ ALSO>
Conflans attack: why BarakaCity, the association of Evry, is in the sights of Darmanin
Many operations will have mainly served to show the muscles.
In Seine-et-Marne, four home visits took place with “influential relays of radical Islam”.
A bookstore and a travel agency were also searched.
These operations should not lead to legal consequences because "for many, they expected the operation and the cleaning had been done," said a senior official.
No more success in Pas-de-Calais, with a man already known to the police.
According to a security source, these home visits are nevertheless expected to continue.
About twenty daily operations are planned in the coming days.
These operations will however have to obtain the systematic authorization of a judge of freedoms.
Based solely on the work of the intelligence services, apart from any legal proceedings or suspicions already established, they leave, according to their opponents, a large room for arbitrariness.
Newsletter - Most of the news
Every morning, the news seen by Le Parisien
I'm registering
Your email address is collected by Le Parisien to enable you to receive our news and commercial offers.
Learn more
On the other hand, many animators of the Islamist movement on the web could be worried on the judicial level.
More than "80 messages of support" to the terrorist who beheaded Samuel Paty were detected on social networks during the weekend.
Specialized investigators are currently trying to identify the holders of his accounts, often hidden behind pseudonyms.