26/01/2010

11:31

France/Civil Unrest: "Islamist commando" threatens imam

On Monday night, an "Islamist commando" broke into a mosque in Drancy, near Paris and threatened the imam, Hassen Chalghoumi. According to reports, Chalghoumi is known to maintain good relations with the Jewish community.

An aid to the imam declared that around 80 people entered the mosque while about 200 people were inside. Upon entering the building, they started issues threats towards the imam, calling him an “"infidel", an "apostate" and the "Jews imam". The same source added that the group has been identified as being a proxy of the Muslim Brotherhood.