Italy expels Moroccan cleric for radicalism

(North Africa Post) Italian security authorities have expelled a Moroccan cleric officiating in the EU country over radical interpretation of the Quran and aggressive behavior.

Houssam Din Rouzak was flown out of Milan to Casablanca on Monday, Corriere Torino reported Wednesday.

The Italian interior ministry reportedly told Corriere Torino that Rouzak has been deported on security grounds.

The 36-year-old man who was officiating in Verceil near Milan was legally settled in Italy. According to the interior ministry, he had been under the radar since 2012, the year he gave a radical interpretation of Islamic precepts.

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