An administrative court in Paris on Friday suspended a deportation order against a France-born Moroccan imam who the government had accused of promoting hate and posing a threat to society, the tribunal's ruling showed.
The interior ministry ordered the expulsion order against the preacher, Hassan Iquioussen, in July for "inciting hate, discrimination and violence", notably against the Jewish community.
President Emmanuel Macron's government has toughened laws to tackle what it sees as broader signs of radicalisation - often non-violent - within Muslim communities. It has cited the refusal of some Muslim men to shake women's hands, young girls being told to wear full-face veils and a proliferation of Madrassa religious schools.
