Security and Counterterrorism
French citizen Mélina Boughedir to be retried in Iraqi court
Melina Boughedir, a French citizen, was put back on trial in Baghdad on Wednesday over terrorism charges for allegedly joining the Islamic State group in Iraq. The 27-year-old mother of four faces the death penalty over her alleged membership of the jihadist organization. Arrested in the summer of 2017 in Mosul, Boughedir was sentenced last…
Imams ‘ready to put ourselves at the service of our country’
Thirty imams in France signed an open letter calling on their colleagues to help counter Muslim extremism. The letter, which appeared Tuesday in Le Monde, expressed “compassion for all our fellow citizens who have been directly or indirectly affected by terrorism and by the anti-Semitic crimes that have blindly struck our country.” It added that the…
Imams respond to ‘manifesto’ against anti-Semitism
In a recent Le Monde op-ed, a group of Muslim religious leaders offered a response to the “Manifesto ‘against the new anti-Semitism’” published recently in Le Parisien. “We, the signatories of this appeal, would first like to express our compassion for all our fellow citizens who have been directly or indirectly affected by terrorism and by the…
Mixed reactions to Imam El Hadi Doudi’s expulsion to Algeria
The controversial Salafist preacher Imam El Hadi Doudi was expelled to Algeria following a lengthy legal process. The 63-year-old’s expulsion followed a deportation order issued by the French Interior Ministry on Tuesday. Doudi’s expulsion application was suspended pending a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which finally ruled in favor of the deportation on Thursday….
Salafist preacher El Hadi Doudi expelled to Algeria
The controversial Salafist preacher Imam El Hadi Doudi was expelled to Algeria following a lengthy legal process. The 63-year-old’s expulsion followed a deportation order issued by the French interior ministry on Tuesday. Doudi’s expulsion application was suspended pending a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which finally ruled in favor of the deportation on…