The En Nour mosque, April 25, 2016 in Nice -

VALERY HACHE AFP

  • Christian Estrosi has multiplied the appeals against a mosque installed west of Nice, because, he said, of "the lack of transparency of the funds of this hall of worship".

  • The administrative court of appeal gave three months to the town hall of Nice to validate the final opening decree of this mosque.

For the mayor of Nice, there is still no question of recognizing the En-Nour mosque.

A new court decision, however, enjoins him to validate the decree on the final opening of the Muslim place of worship which welcomes its faithful thanks to a prefectural decision since June 4, 2016 on Avenue Pontremoli, west of the city .

The administrative appeal court gave him in effect three months to comply.

But on the side of the municipality, it is a firm and final niet.

"The city of Nice will always refuse to sign", indicates the community denouncing, once again, "the lack of transparency of the funds of this hall of worship" and "the fact that this place went to a Saudi owner".

Christian Estrosi has so far multiplied the remedies, without success.

"The prefect will replace himself"

“This new decision allows the En-Nour institute to obtain this decree, an achievement that the mayor refuses us.

If he still does not do it, we have legal remedies, explains Me Ouassini Mebarek, the lawyer for the association managing the mosque.

The prefect can in any case again take the place of the city to sign it.

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"Only the State is responsible and accountable for this opening", slice besides the municipality of Nice, "hoping that the law on separatism will come to modify things in order to give the mayors the power to decide the closing of places of worship of which funding remains opaque ”.

Christian Estrosi had filed a report on this subject concerning the En-Nour mosque and an investigation had indeed been opened.

But "it was closed without follow-up and this was further confirmed on appeal," recalls Me Ouassini Mebarek.

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