“According to Doudi’s lawyer Nabil Boudi, the ECHR suspended his client’s deportation under article 39 which allows the ECHR to interfere in cases where harm may come to an individual.” The harm that might come to non-Muslims in France if Doudi is not deported is not a matter of concern for the European Court of […]
France: Muslim cleric who preached that Jews were “unclean” and apostates should be killed is deported
You may remember the old TV show from the Fifties: Hey, kids! It’s El Hadi Doudi Time! Seriously, why can’t the U.S. do this? “The new de-radicalisation plan announced by French President Emmanuel Macron’s government includes increased surveillance of Muslim clerics accused of hate speech and incitement to violence….Between 2012 and 2015, the French Interior […]
France: Imam berated Jews and women, yet authorities tolerated his sermons and occasionally cultivated him as an ally
He is being deported now, but this is coming far too late. No ordinary preacher, El Hadi Doudi is perhaps France’s leading proponent of fundamentalist Islam. His influence extends throughout Europe, where his lawyer says the cleric is the only imam authorized to issue fatwas. In his preaching “he has often berated Jews, women and […]