Yesterday, Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights announced that it had rejected a request to suspend the procedure for the expulsion of preacher Hassan Equesne to Morocco, accused of "adopting hate speech".

Last week, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the expulsion of Equesne, who "played a major role in bringing many young Muslims back to their faith," according to Bernard Rogier, a professor at the Sorbonne University and director of the Center for Arab and Oriental Studies in Paris.

Minister Darmanan, in a tweet on his Twitter account, attributed the deportation of this preacher to Morocco to the fact that "for years he has been adopting a hate speech against the values ​​of France, which contradicts the principles of secularization and equality between men and women."

The European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, was informed on Wednesday of the case under Article 39 of its system, which allows it to order "provisional measures" when applicants are exposed to "a real risk of irreparable harm".

"Given the seriousness of the threat to public order, the (interior) minister considered that his right to family life had not been disproportionately affected," the court said in a statement.

The announcement by the French Interior Minister in a tweet on his expulsion soon sparked a series of protests.

In a statement, 31 mosques in northern France offered their support to the preacher, stressing that he was the victim of a "clear error in assessment."

Many protested in a petition signed in defense of Equesne against the expulsion issued by Darmanin against him, considering what happened "evidence of the existence of more serious obstacles to the rule of law and the classification of the French Republic by internal enemies."

However, the Minister of the Interior considered that "this preacher delivered a hate speech years ago against the values ​​of France that contradicts our secular principles and equality between women and men."

Equisen, 58, has an attractive personality that helped him convince tens of thousands of young people of his approach, whether in the virtual world through social networks, where they follow him on his Facebook page and YouTube channel (150,000 followers), or in the real world among the residents of neighborhoods and suburbs.