Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen, targeted by a European arrest warrant issued by French justice, was arrested near Mons, Belgium, said the Belgian Minister of Justice.
Following a botched attempt to deport a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated imam under a new “anti-separatist” law designed to counter radical Islamism, the French interior ministry is reportedly taking steps to expel others.
France s Council of State, the highest French administrative court, recently gave the green light to the expulsion of Moroccan-national Hassan Iquioussen, an imam who had been accused by the government of hate speech. Police officers were sent to
The government presented the deportation of Hassan Iquioussen as part of efforts to crack down on “Islamist separatism.” Critics called it a political stunt that infringed on civil liberties.