The deputy LFI Manuel Bompard affirmed Friday August 5 to condemn “vigorously» the words of Imam Hassan Iquioussen, accused of having launched calls for hatred and violence, but opposing his expulsion without trial to Morocco in the name of «Right wing state“.
“I have no sympathy with these remarks (of the imam, editor’s note) which I strongly condemn (…) I do not defend this imam, I have never defended this imam and David Guiraud has never defended him . What we defend are the principles of defense of the rule of law, the place of justice, the independence of justice vis-à-vis the executive power“, argued Manuel Bompard on RTL.
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LFI deputy David Guiraud criticized this expulsion resulting, according to him,by the prince», seeing there a «deviation from the rule of law“, while affirming”not to be in solidarity with homophobic or anti-Semitic remarksheld by the preacher. In return, Gérald Darmanin accused David Guiraud on Thursday of “defend” the imam and called for “excuseson the part of his movement.
“The comments that were made, if they were actually made (by this imam, editor’s note), no one with us defends them, but we strongly condemn them.“Insisted the right arm of LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “It is up to the courts to deal with this type of case and once he is convicted, if he is convicted, then the question of his presence on national territory can be raised. But you have to take things in order“, Considered Manuel Bompard.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) refused to suspend the expulsion measure on Thursday and the Paris administrative court must decide by Friday the fate of the imam deemed close to the Muslim Brotherhood. The 57-year-old man, in the sights of Gérald Darmanin who signed the expulsion order himself on July 29, is accused by the minister of having held “openly anti-Semitic, openly xenophobic, openly homophobic, openly anti-women“, during sermons or conferences, almost 20 years ago for some.