فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
The French authorities said that the Algerian imam, Mohamed Tatatat, who was serving as imam in Toulouse, southern France, was deported on Friday evening to Algeria, after his final conviction for inciting hatred and violence against the Jewish community.
One of the imam’s lawyers denounced the “military expulsion.” Mai Jean told Agence France-Presse: “There was no emergency. He has been on French soil for 40 years, has children, works, and has not been spoken to for seven years. Suddenly he finds himself on a plane heading to Algeria.”
May Iglesias added that a hearing to consider the request for temporary relief from the Imam’s lawyer against this expulsion order is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Paris Administrative Court.
The imam’s lawyer continued: “What is happening carries a degree of danger (…) and it is a lack of confidence in the defense and the judicial authority,” stressing in particular that he was unable to reach his client when he was awaiting deportation at Toulouse airport.
Mohamed Tatatiyat arrived in France in 1985 as an alternate Algerian imam. After two years he moved to Toulouse to work in the Imbalot district mosque.
In June 2018, the governor of the Haute-Garonne department reported statements he made during a December 15 sermon at the Al Nour Mosque, describing, in his words, “incitement to hatred and discrimination against Jews.”
On August 31, 2022, the Toulouse Court of Appeal sentenced the imam to 4 months in prison because of this sermon.
On December 19, the Court of Cassation rejected Mr. Tayat’s appeal, making his conviction final.
On April 5, the Minister of Interior signed an expulsion order.
From: Fez News website
