Expelled imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi wants to take legal action to return to France. “I did not insult the Jewish community or the French flag,” added the imam, aged 52, whose wife and five children are of French nationality.
The imam was notably accused of broadcasting a video in which he described the "tricolor flag" as a "satanic flag" which would have "no value with Allah" (God in Arabic). “Firmness is the rule” said the minister, castigating a “radical ‘imam’ with unacceptable remarks.