2023-04-23 06:20:00
According to Committee R, the State Security (VSSE) lacked moderation in the analyzes it transmitted to institutions such as the OE, the public ministry and the Mahdi cabinet concerning the Moroccan imam Mohamed Toujgani, leading in October 2021 to his expulsion from Belgian territory, where he had resided since the 1980s. “The seriousness of these breaches must be assessed in the light of their impact on the rights and freedoms of Mohamed Toujgani”, estimates the control body.
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Sammy Mahdi, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, at the time decided in October 2021 to end the stay of the Moroccan imam on Belgian territory, on the basis of information from the security services. “due to signs of grave danger to national security. The decision is accompanied by an order to leave the territory. The Comité R investigation reveals that it was the media coverage in January 2019 (through The last hour) of a video of the imam’s sermon, dating from 2009, “which rekindled the Sûreté’s interest in his case – an interest that was not new, however, Toujgani having been on the radar for more than three decades . ”, let it be known The evening.
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“Lord, let the blood of the martyrs be a weapon under the feet of the Zionist oppressors, and let this blood be a blazing fire that burns them and a wind that chastises them. “, said in particular the preacher in the video in question. The oversight body observes that the notes written regarding the Moroccan imam before January 2019 accounted with “greater caution” of his activities. “The most recent mentions of Mohamed Toujgani in notes to the authorities show a moderation of his speech and his sermons”, specifies the Committee R.
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The VSSE had, in another note from 2018 which categorized Toujgani as a simple “conservative”, assured that the Moroccan preacher “has always condemned terrorism and the use of violence”. Notes that push the R Committee to point out a form of paradox in this affair. He points out that “until July 2019”, “the VSSE had not deemed it necessary to alert the administrative and/or political authorities to the threat he represented”, despite the “signs of a serious danger to national security. “And to conclude:” In the absence of updating and confirmation of the information collected, the VSSE shared an analysis with conclusions that were not proportionate with regard to the information at its disposal. »
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