A Leftist activist who was also a jihadist. What a surprise. He was supported by the Catalan branch of the Leftist party Podemos, which was allegedly supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Spain: green light for the expulsion of a Moroccan accused of being a ‘benchmark of Salafism,'” translated from “Espagne : feu vert à l’expulsion d’un Marocain accusé d’être une «référence du salafisme»,” Le Figaro, October 20, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):
The Spanish judiciary announced on Thursday that it had given the green light to the expulsion of Moroccan Mohamed Said Badaoui, accused of being “one of the main references of the most orthodox Salafism” in Spain. This 40-year-old Moroccan, arrested on Tuesday in Catalonia (north-east), “was transferred to Madrid to be expelled tomorrow (Thursday)”, declared the Audiencia Nacional Supreme Court, which rejected the appeal of the accused, in a decision dated Wednesday and made public Thursday.
His expulsion was authorized for “his participation in activities contrary to national security” and “public order,” the court explained. The Spanish police consider Mohamed Said Badaoui as “one of the main references in Spain of the most orthodox Salafism, which he preaches with such influence that an increase in radicalism has occurred in the region of Tarragona,” in Catalonia , “since his arrival” in this area, it continued.
He was also accused of “taking advantage” of the “vulnerability” of “unaccompanied minors, mainly of Moroccan origin,” in order to “indoctrinate them in the most radical Salafism” via “the dissemination of radical pro-jihadist postulates,“ said the court again. Questioned by AFP, the Ministry of the Interior, which ordered his expulsion, refused to indicate whether it had taken place.
A public figure in his region, Mohamed Said Badaoui is the president of the Association for the Defense of the Rights of the Muslim Community (Adedcom), which has its headquarters in the city of Reus, and presents himself as a “social activist” and an anti-racist activist. Installed for nearly 30 years in Catalonia, this Moroccan formally rejects these accusations since the first notification of this expulsion procedure in August.
He is publicly supported by the main Catalan independence parties as well as by the Catalan branch of Podemos, a radical left party member of the Spanish government of socialist Pedro Sanchez.
In a joint statement, these groups accused the police of “deporting him by advancing supposed religious extremism and radical fundamentalism without giving evidence.” Demonstrations were organized on Wednesday in Madrid and Barcelona to denounce his expulsion.
The court of the National Audience also announced on Thursday its green light for the expulsion of another Moroccan, Amarouch Azbir, responsible for the Al Furquan mosque in Vilanova i la Geltrú, in Catalonia. He was arrested Tuesday on the same charges.
gravenimage says
Spain: Muslim ‘anti-racism activist’ supported by Leftist parties spread jihad ideology among Muslims
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Jihad terror has nothing to do with being anti-racist. Islam and Jihad are not races.
Hank says
The expulsion order will probably be sent by mail to some sleepy civil servant who wakes up in 10 or 20 years time.