Lawyer of Imam Iquioussen denounces French interior minister’s ‘political show’ The French-Moroccan imam is accused of promoting hate speech.

(Morocco World News) Lucie Simon, Imam Hassan Iquioussen’s lawyer, on Friday confirmed that her client left the French territory in compliance with the ministerial expulsion decision without specifying his whereabouts.

In an interview with BFM TV, Simon decried the “political show” carried out by France’s Minister of Interior Gerald Darmanin.

Denouncing the ongoing “man hunt” for the French-Moroccan imam, Simon said that minister Darmanin “does not want my client to respect the ministerial decision. He wants it to do so in front of the camera.”

She added, “What the minister of interior is looking for is to make a buzz.”

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