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10-23-2007, 01:33 PM
Imam loses fight to stay
Deportation to Tunisia set for today
The Gazette
Monday, October 22, 2007
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=592740ea-46c5-497d-949c-af3f7c5b0dc5 (http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=592740ea-46c5-497d-949c-af3f7c5b0dc5)
An outspoken Montreal imam lost his attempt yesterday to persuade a Federal Court to stop his deportation to Tunisia scheduled for today.
Saïd Jaziri, who has been one of Quebec's most quoted Muslim leaders during the debate on reasonable accommodation, was ordered deported after his refugee status, granted in 1998, was revoked last June.
It was revoked after authorities discovered Jaziri, a Tunisian native, had not disclosed a criminal conviction in France in 1994. That conviction was related to his role in an assault on an individual whose actions had led to the closing of a prayer room.
Jaziri, spiritual leader of a Bélanger St. E. mosque, is married and expecting a child with his wife, Nancy Ann Adams of Laval. He was arrested last Monday after he was judged likely not to show up for his deportation.
Jaziri, who has bragged about converting at least one Quebec woman a week to Islam over the past few years, drew criticism recently for stating in a television interview with TV5 host Luck Mervil that homosexuality was an illness.
He also has complained about alleged heavy infiltration of mosques by federal intelligence operatives.
Deportation to Tunisia set for today
The Gazette
Monday, October 22, 2007
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=592740ea-46c5-497d-949c-af3f7c5b0dc5 (http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=592740ea-46c5-497d-949c-af3f7c5b0dc5)
An outspoken Montreal imam lost his attempt yesterday to persuade a Federal Court to stop his deportation to Tunisia scheduled for today.
Saïd Jaziri, who has been one of Quebec's most quoted Muslim leaders during the debate on reasonable accommodation, was ordered deported after his refugee status, granted in 1998, was revoked last June.
It was revoked after authorities discovered Jaziri, a Tunisian native, had not disclosed a criminal conviction in France in 1994. That conviction was related to his role in an assault on an individual whose actions had led to the closing of a prayer room.
Jaziri, spiritual leader of a Bélanger St. E. mosque, is married and expecting a child with his wife, Nancy Ann Adams of Laval. He was arrested last Monday after he was judged likely not to show up for his deportation.
Jaziri, who has bragged about converting at least one Quebec woman a week to Islam over the past few years, drew criticism recently for stating in a television interview with TV5 host Luck Mervil that homosexuality was an illness.
He also has complained about alleged heavy infiltration of mosques by federal intelligence operatives.