An investigation has been opened for the apology of terrorism and provocation to commit terrorist acts, likely to have been committed by persons managing the place of worship.
Le Monde with AFP
The Prefecture of the Sarthe had announced, Wednesday, October 13, the next closure of the Mosque of Allonnes, near Le Mans. Friday, Delphine Dewailly, Attorney of the Republic of Le Mans, announced the opening of an investigation under his authority by the regional service of the judicial police.
“I confirm that judicial investigations are ongoing on the facts of the apology of terrorism and provocation to commit terrorist acts, which may have been committed by members or officers of the associations managing the Mosque of Allonnes” , said the prosecutor in a statement.
“According to elements collected, preaching and activity of this place of worship, frequented by individuals belonging or close to the radical Islamist movement, legitimate the use of armed jihad, death in martyr, the Commission acts of terrorism and the use of violence, hatred and discrimination and the establishment of sharia “, had explained the prefecture of Sarthe in its News release of October 13 . The place also houses a Koranic school which “hosts approximately 110 children before which the armed jihad was valued and therefore constitutes an indoctrination place”, according to the prefecture.
Appeal considered
The Association Allonnaise for the Medium (AAJM), which manages the mosque where about 300 faithful gather, denounced “serious accusations”. “The Minister of the Interior [Gérald Darmanin] is illustrating once again in an approach and a posting policy,” says the association in a press release broadcast on his facebook page.
The leaders of the Association promise to challenge “judicially the measures and decisions taken”, regretting “the harm that is made to the faithful who attend the mosque and the Muslim community which is aggrieved and stigmatized”. “These attractive associations as well as his managers have always worked in the good and preached Islam of the just middle”, supports AAJM.