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Deported Muslim Cleric Back in France
A Muslim cleric deported last month for condoning wife beating and espousing violence returned to France on Saturday after a court suspended his expulsion. Abdelkader Bouziane returned to this southeastern French city on a flight from his native Algeria but faces legal troubles that could lead to another expulsion, his lawyer, Mahmoud Hebia, said in a telephone interview. Bouzianeâs arrived back two days after the Turkish director of a Paris mosque, Midhat Guler, was deported based on what the Interior Ministry said was a threat to public order. It said that the Turkish imam, or prayer leader, led a Turkish Islamic extremist movement, Kaplan, "that preaches the use of violence and terrorism." France fears that some imams are spreading messages of violence in their mosques or values that do not adhere to the western model. No, never! Smashing blokes, used to send their mothers flowers and all that! An imam from the western city of Brest also has been expelled. The 52-year-old Bouziane â who has 16 children from two wives â condoned wife beating in the case of adultery in an interview with a local publication, Lyon Mag. Asked about stoning, he agreed it was permissable. He has said that the Quran, the Muslim holy book, authorizes such punishment â an interpretation rejected by most Muslims. Okay, so there we have it. "Two wives." Why isnât this sod being brought up on charges of bigamy? Bouziane was given the green light to return after an administrative court suspended the expulsion order delivered by the Interior Ministry. His lawyer is trying to get the expulsion order definitively annuled. At the same time, a state prosecutor has opened an investigation against Bouziane on charges of excusing a crime and encouraging harm to others. Drop the cheese and get back to work guys! This case isnât going to prosecute itself, ya know? Posted by: Zenster 2004-05-23 |
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