A “man working in a mosque”, prosecuted for advocating terrorism

2023-11-01 11:46:19

A man “working on behalf of the Al Mouhsinine mosque in Beaucaire” was arrested and placed in police custody, specifies the public prosecutor of Nîmes, Cécile Gensac. He was arrested during the night from Monday to Tuesday, when he got off the plane, in Marignane (Bouches-du-Rhône), on his return from Jordan. “The alleged acts are qualified as advocating terrorism in connection with a public online communication service, and as public incitement to hatred or violence because of race or religion,” specifies the prosecutor. The facts follow, in this case, publications on social networks. »

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Following a denunciation of facts under article 40 of the code of criminal procedure by the @Prefet30 , an individual working on behalf of a mosque in Beaucaire, was placed in police custody. ???? pic.twitter.com/P7AEigu7UM

— Prosecutor Nîmes (@ProcureureNIMES) October 31, 2023

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Justice was seized by the prefect of Gard, under l’article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. “Any constituted authority, any public officer or civil servant who, in the exercise of his functions, acquires knowledge of a crime or misdemeanor is required to give notice without delay to the public prosecutor,” stipulates this article.

State services detected anti-Semitic publications on his Facebook account, made on October 12. According to Free Midday, it would be an imam, aged around thirty. On Tuesday, the police carried out a search of his home. The police also reportedly searched the mosque.