Imagine the embarrassment of French authorities when they discover that Majoubi is no “extremist,” and that his views are in the broad mainstream among imams. But they will likely never find this out, as French authorities only expelled Majoubi as part of cosmetic efforts to outflank their critics. They brought this crisis on themselves, and are now only pretending to oppose the presence of people such as Majoubi on French soil.
“Tunisian imam expelled from France vows to appeal decision,” France 24, February 23, 2024:
Mahjoub Mahjoubi, from the town of Bagnols-sur-Ceze in the south of France, denounced his removal as “arbitrary”.
The cleric’s decision came a day he was expelled from France for “radicalism” and “unacceptable remarks”, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a statement posted on X on Thursday.
“The radical Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi has just been expelled from the national territory, less than 12 hours after his arrest. We will not let people get away with anything,” said Darmanin.
The 52-year-old was arrested and then deported to Tunisia on Thursday, where he arrived shortly before midnight aboard a flight from Paris.
Mahjoubi had been in France since the 1980s and is married with five children.
While all of his children are French citizens, Mahjoubi had a residency permit in France. His permit has been cancelled by Darmanin.
‘Retrograde, intolerant and violent’
The official order for Mahjoubi’s expulsion, seen by AFP, said that in sermons in February he had given a “retrograde, intolerant and violent” image of Islam that would encourage behaviour against French values, discrimination against women, “tensions with the Jewish community” and “jihadist radicalisation”.The imam also referred to “the Jewish people as the enemy”, according to the order, which said Mahjoubi called for “the destruction of Western society”.
The imam was also accused of sharing a video in which he described the “tricolour” – without specifying if he meant the French flag – as “satanic” and of “no value with Allah”.
Mahjoubi defending himself, saying it had been a “slip of the tongue” and that he was referring to rivalries between football supporters of different Maghrebi nations during the recent African Cup of Nations….
David says
Fortunately he was still Tunisian. What happens with all those Imams who are considered French citizens, I wonder?
Johanna Jahns says
Best thing to do. Show spine.
Westman says
It seems rather simple to note that a society, which has lost its common belief for the purpose of life, is allowing the invasion of a more aggressive society which has not. In addition, the new society, is uninterested in gaining political power to serve the new nation, rather, it seeks to increase the power of the new society.
Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi is just a public example of the entitled undercurrent of the new society which believes France is theirs by the decree of diety. Whatever they gain from France will only result in thankfulness heaped at the feet of slavemaster Allah, not the paying natives of France. In time, will they silence La Marseillaise or are they simply accelerating the process?
It seems Japan’s very organized, fastidiously-clean, social behavior aware, citizens are more perceptive about how Islam will affect their island nation:
https://twitter.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1759202933781017083
FYI says
I wonder has this nonsense about the tricolor something to do with allah’s problem with the number 3.Perhaps it reminds allah of the 3 gods Christians worships.
“So believe in allah and his messengers and say not “three”-cease! it is better for you”
koran 4:171
allah insists that Christians worship THREE gods{allah,muslim jesus and MARY}which is laughably wrong of course and reveals allah’s amazing LACK OF OMNISCIENCE.
Hey allah!this is a tricolor it has 3 parts
allah:{“Cease!Say not 3 !t is better for you”}
Ok allah it is not a tricolor:.I feel much better.Thanks allah.
bagsgroove says
Don’t these muslims have anything better to do than raise hell about everything ! Read Genesis 16 about the nature of Joshua’s descendants.
tim gallagher says
I imagine that most Muslims would share this knuckle dragger’s views. How stupid it is for our western countries to be so gullible that we keep letting these Muslims, who hate our western way of life, into our countries. When it comes to islam and its followers, it is them or us. Not a chance in the world of ever getting along peacefully with Muslims. It is the very definition of a futile experiment. allah and islam are of “no value” or worth to civilised people.
Goofy says
Of course it must seem arbitrary to the good and devout imam that France has no problems with mosques being built everywhere in France but when he starts in earnest to preach Islam he is evicted!
This must be Islamophobia!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Sounds like a miracle, where “expelled” actually means that he’s no longer in France
Jose says
Your homework assignment to fact check the democrats MARXIST agenda is to LOOK UP “NAZI JIHAD” DOCUMENTARY. IT was on the History Channel. It is now on YOUTUBE. Hurry up b4 it gets deleted. It shows how the NAZIs partnered with HIMLERs SS AND TERRORISED JEWS IN THE EUROPEAN WORLD OF 1940s. THEY LEARNED NAZI TERROR TACTICS AND TOOK THOSE BACK TO ISRAEL AND BEGAN MAKING NAZI LIKE ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS WHICH WERE BRITISH COLONY IN THE 1930-1940s.
Rick Olsha says
AM ISRAEL CHAI !!!!!
OLD GUY says
Now if only the western nations would follow suit and deport all these islamic/invaders. What the west has forgotten or chooses to overlook is that most all Muslim/islamic countries will not allow migration or visitors from other non-muslim countries. If you are a guest or visitor you better not carry your bible or try to show or convert someone to your faith. As a guest worker you will live in a compound and not be able to travel freely around their country. Try standing on a street corner reading the Bible in Saudi Arabia or Qatar you may get stoned to death. But yet they come to the west and build mosque and DEMAND we accept their ideology and life style, while threatening our lives if we don’t go along.
Something is rotten or is that the smell of dirty money?
James Lincoln says
The West is allowing these double standards, OLD GUY.