French government spokesman Olivier Veran called Sunday “small bumpThe decision of the Belgian court in Tournai on Friday, which refuses to extradite the Moroccan imam Hassan Ikiussen to France, where he is subject to deportation proceedings.
“I note that the Belgian prosecutor’s office has demanded that the (European) arrest warrant be respected and the imam deported to France. A different decision was made in the verdict, and the prosecution is appealing this decision.Mr Veran told CNews-Europe1-Les Échos. “So we’re in a very normal process, except it got a little bumpy in the decision“whom”we don’t know the reasons yet“.
Following an appeal by the Belgian prosecutor, the case must return to the indictment chamber of the appeals court within fifteen days, according to the prosecution. “Imam Equussen is now in a Belgian prison, so basically not in a French mosque, in the process of delivering sermons dangerous to the rule of law and respect for national unity.“Watched Olivier Veran on Sunday.
Hassan Ikiussen was arrested on September 30 in French-speaking Belgium on a European arrest warrant. Two months ago, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the deportation of this preacher from the North by the intelligence services in the S file (for national security).eighteen months“, According to him.
But surprise for the French authorities. Imam Ikiusen could not be found when this decision, which he challenged in court, was finally ratified by the Council of State on August 31.
Source: Le Figaro
