Imam of Bagnols-sur-Cèze: “Mahjoub Mahjoubi has just been expelled from the national territory” announces Gérald Darmanin

L'imam de Bagnols-sur-Cèze. – Dauphin Philippe

Imam Mahjoubi was deported to Tunisia. The latter had been arrested earlier in the day shortly after noon.

Lightning procedure. The authorities expelled imam Mahjoub Mahjoub this Thursday, February 22 in the evening to Tunisia, we learned BFMTV. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the news himself on X.

« L’Imam » radical Mahjoub Mahjoubi vient d’être expulsé du territoire national, moins de 12h après son interpellation.
C’est la démonstration que la loi Immigration, sans laquelle une telle expulsion aussi rapide n’aurait pas été possible, rend la France plus forte. Nous ne…

— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) February 22, 2024

Earlier in the day, the imam was arrested at his home shortly after noon to be placed in a detention center with a view to deportation.  

Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi's lawyer then declared immediately that he was going to contest the procedure". "This appeal will aim to suspend the decision of the Minister of the Interior", he added. The goal ? "To demonstrate that there is no urgency to expel"  the imam and give him time to "express his remarks"  in France. This request was obviously not accepted.

The imam is notably accused of having made polemical remarks in his sermons within the Ettaouba mosque in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the Gard , during the month of February.

The expulsion order, that our colleagues from Parisien were able to consult, was revealed during the day.

"The expulsion of Mr. Mahjoubi is of absolute urgency"

It is mentioned that the accused would have "a literal, retrograde conception , intolerant and violent of Islam, likely to encourage behavior contrary to the values ​​of the Republic, discrimination against women, withdrawal into identity, tensions with the Jewish community and jihadist radicalization. quot;, after his sermons held at the Gard mosque during the month of February, indicates Le Parsien.< /p>

According to the document that our colleagues were able to consult, the religious would have presented on multiple occasions "women as being inferior, weak and venal, before be guided and controlled by men and can be sequestered in the name of religion". The Jewish community is not spared by Mahjoub Mahjoubi either.& ;nbsp;"It designates the Jews as being the historical enemies of Muslims and allies of the Antichrist", it is noted .

"The expulsion of Mr. Mahjoubi thus presents a character of absolute emergency" , we can read in the decree.