EXCLUSIVE – French imam Ismaïl, real name Smaïn Bendjilali, will be tried for condoning terrorism in October. In the authorities’ sights for years, he had notably defended his expelled colleague Mahjoub Mahjoubi.
Once again, problematic Islamic sermons have reached the ears of the authorities. And once again, the judicial machine is set in motion to put an end to them – until the next ones, at least. The Marseille imam Ismaïl will be tried on October 3 for “apology of the terrorism »we learned from the Marseille prosecutor on Tuesday, September 3.
Two weeks earlier, the authorities had announced that the Aboubakar Sadek mosque, known as the Bleuets, located in the northern districts of Marseille and where he was the preacher, was subject to closure proceedings, initiated at the “request” of the resigning Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.
The cause is: “words legitimizing violence”, held by various stakeholders of this mosque, which occupies a disused shopping mall on the 13the district of Marseille, and which welcomes up to 600 people during Friday prayers. In October 2023, Mourad Hamza, who had been…
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