(CNS) Following a botched attempt to deport a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated imam under a new “anti-separatist” law designed to counter radical Islamism, the French interior ministry is reportedly taking steps to expel others.
Mediapart, an independent investigative online newspaper, reported that Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is preparing “a long list of imams to be expelled from France.”
Among those on the list, it said, was a former head of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France, a major umbrella organization affiliated to the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe.
The interior ministry has not commented on the reports.
Darmanin has been heavily criticized over his handling of Hassan Iquioussen, an imam born in France of Moroccan parents.
