(National-UAE) France has banned the director of campaign group Cage from entering the country and accused him of spreading conspiracy theories about “Islamophobic persecution.”
Muhammad Rabbani arrived in Paris last Tuesday but was detained for 24 hours before being sent back to London.
Last year the French government’s anti-radicalisation body had labelled the group “Islamist militants.”
Mr Rabbani was previously barred by France until Cage overturned his ban in 2020.
In a document, the Interior Ministry said Mr Rabbani posed a threat. The ministry has also accused Cage of being part of a “radical Islamist movement” and “spreading slanderous words” about “supposed Islamophobic persecution.”
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