The French government has ordered the closure of the Great Mosque of Beauvais in northern France for six months due to the imam’s radical sermons defending jihad and inciting violence and hatred.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said he introduced the motion on December 14 to initiate the administrative closure of the Beauvais mosque due to unacceptable preachings against Christians, Jews, and homosexuals. An official document citing the reasons for the closure, stated, “The terrorist threat remains at a very high level, and the closure had the aim of forestalling acts of terrorism being committed.”

Samim Bolaky, the lawyer for the “Espoir et Fraternité” (Hope and Fraternity), a non-governmental organisation that runs the mosque, said he has appealed against the decision in the administrative court in Amiens. Bolaky added that the administration is targeting specific comments by the imam who was speaking voluntarily and has since been suspended. He argued that the organisation preaches against terrorism and promotes harmony.

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