The Paris Administrative Court is examining the expulsion order of Hassan Iquioussen , issued by the Ministry of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, in July 2022. This decisive hearing will determine the possibility for the imam to return to France.
The Paris court declared itself incompetent to examine the defamation complaint filed by Hassan Iquioussen against Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin , who had presented him as a "delinquent, a separatist and a fugitive." Dissatisfied, the preacher’s lawyers intend to appeal.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin should appear in court in Paris on February 16 for defamation against the Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen whom he had presented as a "delinquent, a separatist and a fugitive."
The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, reacted to the expulsion by Belgium of the imam of Lourches Hassan Iquioussen , accused of holding "for years a hateful discourse against the values of France" towards Morocco.
Upon his arrival in Morocco, the imam of Lourches Hassan Iquioussen who had been expelled from Belgium, where he had taken refuge after fleeing France to escape an expulsion order, was welcomed by his family.
Hassan Iquioussen , the Moroccan imam known for his controversial positions, was released by the Moroccan authorities on Friday upon his arrival at the Mohamed V airport in Casablanca. He had been expelled from Belgium where he had taken refuge after fleeing France to avoid an expulsion order.
A legal saga that has lasted for weeks has just come to an end between France and Belgium. The 58-year-old Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen , who is on the "S" list for "remarks inciting hatred and discrimination", has been expelled to Casablanca after the issuance of a laissez-passer by the Moroccan authorities. This expulsion comes after a long legal battle between the two countries.
In the absence of a response from France to the request for care from the Belgian authorities, the imam Hassan Iquioussen , placed in a closed return center with a view to his removal from Belgian territory, will be returned to the Moroccan border.
The appeal of imam Hassan Iquioussen against his expulsion to France was rejected on Monday by the justice system.
While the Belgian justice system reiterated on Tuesday its refusal to extradite imam Hassan Iquioussen to France, the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum and Migration announced on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, his placement in a closed center for the purpose of his expulsion to Morocco.
The Mons Court of Appeal has delivered its verdict in the case of Hassan Iquioussen, the imam of Lourches placed under electronic surveillance in Belgium. The French justice had requested his extradition to France.
Under electronic surveillance in Belgium, Imam of Lourches Hassan Iquioussen still refuses his extradition to France. The judgment of the Mons Court of Appeal is expected on Tuesday, November 15.