Imagine the embarrassment of Italian authorities when they discover that the words and actions of this Muslim cleric were not “extremist,” but quite mainstream among all too many Muslim clerics today. But by then it is likely to be far too late.
“Italy Deports Moroccan Imam for ‘Security Reasons,’” by Safaa Kasraoui, Morocco World News, January 6, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Rabat – Italy expelled a Moroccan imam on January 4 for security reasons.
Italian news outlet ADNKronos reported that Italy’s Interior Ministry ordered the imam’s deportation.
The Italian local media quoted the Minister of Interior Luciana Lamorgese as saying that ministry expelled the imam for “security reasons.”
The interior minister added that the 41-year old man was “investigated for expressing praise for the Al Baghdadi caliphate and supporting ISIS who fought in Syria.”
According to ADNKronos, the imam’s wife made a complaint against him in 2018, citing “mistreatment and injury that she suffered whenever she refused to wear the niqab.”…
The imam was born in Morocco in 1978….
In January the security services in the European country expelled a 37-year old Moroccan for risk of radicalization.
Italy also expelled Salma Bencharki, the wife of Moroccan ISIS fighter Abderrahim Moutaharik, for security reasons….