Lhe prefecture of the Oise ordered the closure of the Grand Mosque of Beauvais for a period of six months, in particular because of sermons “inciting to hatred”, “to violence”, and “defending jihad” , she indicated on Tuesday to Agence France-Presse.
“The prefect of Oise issued a decree on Monday relating to the closure of the Great Mosque of Beauvais for a period of six months. This decree is enforceable after 48 hours ”, specified the prefecture of Oise. The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, announced on December 14 that he had “initiated” the procedure for the administrative closure of this mosque. The lawyer for the Espoir et Fraternité association, which manages this mosque, Mr.e Samim Bolaky, announced to Agence France-Presse to have seized the administrative court of Amiens against this decision.
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“A rigorous practice of Islam”
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced on December 14 that he had “initiated” the procedure for the administrative closure of this mosque due, according to him, to the radical nature of the sermons given there. “We initiated the closure of the Beauvais mosque, [qui est] completely unacceptable, which fights Christians, homosexuals, Jews ”, declared the Minister of the Interior on CNews.
Me Samim Bolaky then estimated for Agence France-Presse that the authorities were targeting “certain remarks made in the context of sermons by one of the imams of the mosque – since suspended – who intervened on a voluntary basis”. The Espoir et Fraternité association has “always fought terrorism, has always favored living together. It is a respectable mosque, ”he said.
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According to the Ministry of the Interior, this man, “presented as an occasional speaker, but who, in reality, acts as an appointed imam” would have made remarks making “the apology of jihad and the combatants, which he describes as hero ”. He would also have defended “a rigorous practice of Islam” and “its superiority over the laws of the Republic”. In addition, his words “castigate” the “disbelievers and present Western societies as Islamophobic”, had detailed the ministry. They push “the faithful to break with the Republic and incite hatred of homosexuals, Jews and Christians”.