Belgium wants to deport imam Hassan Iquioussen to Morocco Morocco’s government canceled a consular pass for imam Iquioussen’s deportation in September 2022.

January 1, 2023   

(Morocco World News) Authorities in Belgium are seeking to deport Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen to Morocco.

News outlet BFMTV quoted sources that Belgium will deport the imam directly to Morocco. Belgian authorities arrested Iquioussen in September of last year.

The imam has been facing a European arrest warrant issued by French authorities. The French Council of State gave the green light for the imam’s deportation last year after the Interior Ministry accused him of “proselytizing speech interspersed with inciting hatred and discrimination.”

Following his arrest, converging reports stated that Belgium refused to hand the Moroccan imam to France, where he was wanted.

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