France Deports Radical Imam

(Telegraph-UK) Henry Samuel - France has expelled an Algerian fundamentalist imam who invited his congregation to "rejoice in the Madrid bombings." Yahia Cherif, who preached in Brest, on the coast of Brittany, was deported to Algiers after being found guilty of "proselytism in favor of radical Islam" and "active relations with a national or international Islamic movement linked to organizations promoting terrorist acts."


2004-04-19 00:00:00

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