Thibaud Hue, edited by Gauthier Delomez 9:04 p.m., December 14, 2021
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin initiated the procedure for closing the Grand Mosque of Beauvais, one of whose imams is accused of giving radical sermons calling for jihad.
On the outskirts of the place of worship, it is incomprehension among the faithful, surprised to see that such remarks were made.
REPORTING
A locked Grand Mosque, barricaded since Tuesday morning, and windows closed so that we cannot see inside.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin initiated the procedure for closing the Great Mosque of Beauvais, in the Oise, accused of receiving an imam who dispenses radical sermons.
In a document of the intelligence services that Europe 1 was able to consult, this imam is quoted several times with scathing remarks, which call in particular to make jihad and die as a martyr for Allah.
On the outskirts of the mosque, there is a lack of understanding among the faithful.
Faithful surprised by the news
Shortly after the closing, a few Muslims came to see if the service would still take place.
They left in shock at the news.
“For us, he's a good person”, explains one of them at the microphone of Europe 1. “We have never heard everything that is said. is happy with him, "confides one of the regulars of the mosque, who kept a good image of the imam targeted in the document of the intelligence services.
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"It was never in radicalism or something like that", agrees another faithful on Europe 1. "Due to an error of an imam that we, we do not know, a new one, eh well, they are closing the mosque that we have had for years. It's frustrating, "he regrets.
The Great Mosque of Beauvais could remain closed for six months.
The association which manages the cult now has ten days to come and defend itself at the Oise prefecture.