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Belgian police arrest French-Moroccan imam fleeing deportation

Imam Hassan Iquioussen had been ordered to leave France in July for incitement to hatred, especially against the Jewish community. © Le Matin d'Algérie

A French-Moroccan imam accused of hate speech and anti-Semitism has been arrested in Belgium after trying to avoid deportation back to Morocco.

A police source said Hassan Iquioussen had been taken into custody "without incident" late Friday in Tournai, near the French border.

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