(Algemeiner) The French interior ministry on Tuesday reversed a decision ordering the closure of a mosque in the riviera city of Cannes that was identified as a hotbed of Islamist agitation.
The ministry waived what was termed the “administrative closure” of the Al Madina Al Mounawara mosque ordered by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin in January. An investigation by the local Alpes-Maritimes prefecture determined that the mosque’s current management had demonstrated “it had completely cut ties with the previous rector and taken over the management of the mosque’s Facebook page. The guarantees provided were deemed sufficient.”
Ahmed Guessoum — who replaced the previous imam, Mustapha Dali, at the head of the mosque — told the AFP news agency that the reversal of Darmanin’s decision was “wise and just.”
