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Top French court validates deportation of imam accused of hate speech

Hassan Iquioussen (left), president of the association in charge of Escaudain mosque in the north of France, next to a preacher in June 2004. AFP - FRANCOIS LO PRESTI

France's top administrative court has given the green light for imam Hassan Iquioussen, accused of hate speech, to be deported to Morocco. But police have been unable to arrest him.

Iquioussen is to be "expelled from the national territory" in a "great victory for the republic", Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter, citing a decision of the Council of State on Tuesday.

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