A Moroccan imam expelled from Spain over terror links

Yassine Lafraiki, an imam in Corella (a municipality located in the province of Navarre), was repatriated to Morocco for «glorifying a Wahhabi and Salafist ideology», reports the regional newspaper Noticias de Navarra.

The imam wanted to build an Islamic center in the city, which is home to more than 550 Muslims. However, based on an investigation, it turned out that one of the main investors to contribute to the building of that center is an NGO called «Society of the Revival of the Islamic Heritage». The latter is part of the UN’s black list containing organizations linked to terrorist bodies such as Al Qaeda and «ISIS».

Meanwhile, El Pais reports that «the imam was so worried about the fact that some kids don’t want to go to the mosque anymore». Other sources told the daily newspaper that the man was «excessively authoritarian, he wanted to impose his ideas as if we were in the army».

Arrested on February the 5th, and then jailed in Madrid, the imam was handed over to the Moroccan authorities on March the 6th at the Beni Ansar border post. He is prohibited from entering Spain during the ten coming years.