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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Alison Hird

Another deportation as France shows zero tolerance for radical preachers

Mahjoub Mahjoubi speaks at his home in the town of Soliman on 23 February, 2024, a day after being expelled from France for alleged hate speech. © Fethi Belaid / AFP

Tunisian imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi was recently expelled from France for alleged hate speech under an accelerated procedure made possible by the country's tough new immigration laws. In a crackdown on Islamist fundamentalism, France has ejected a string of foreign imams whose preaching has been deemed a threat.

An imam at the Attawba mosque in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the south of France, Mahjoubi was deported on 22 February in a decision that he said was politically motivated.

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