Today, Friday, the French judiciary suspended the decision to deport the Moroccan imam, Hassan Echoessen.
The highest administrative court.
And the French Interior Minister considered that this step would "disproportionately affect his private and family life".
Paris had confirmed that Morocco was ready to receive an imam close to the Muslim Brotherhood, and France decided to expel him, according to AFP.
Darmanan attributed the decision to deport the preacher to Morocco to the fact that "for years he has been adopting a hate speech against the values of France, and incompatible with the principles of secularization and equality between men and women."
In its ruling, the Paris Administrative Court held that "the only reason based on the existence of acts of explicit and deliberate incitement to discrimination against women cannot justify the procedure of expulsion without seriously and disproportionately compromising his right to live a normal private and family life."
The court noted that Imam Echoessen, 57, "was born in France, where he has resided since his birth with his wife, five children, and 15 French grandchildren." However, he did not choose to obtain French citizenship and holds Moroccan citizenship.
Lucy Simon, the advocate's lawyer, declared that it was a "weighted and sound decision" made by the court, which "rejected the conspiratorial statements, stating that while they were unfortunate, they were not, in the legal sense, an outright provocation of hatred."
"Equisne thanks the French justice for maintaining its composure despite the media coverage of this case," she added.
"On behalf of the family, we are very happy with this decision," Sofian (one of the sons of the preacher Echoessen) told AFP.
The Islamic preacher is active on social media, and has a YouTube channel with 175,000 followers, in addition to a Facebook page with 44,000 followers.