Imperia - The Italian interior ministry issued expulsion orders for an imam of a mosque in Turin in northern Italy on public order and security grounds, the online version of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on Wednesday.
Mohamed Kohaila, 44, was accused last year of delivering fundamentalist sermons at Turin mosque in a television programme aired on Italian state-run RAI television.
During the programme, broadcast on 29 March 2006, hidden cameras were used to film Kohaila as he called on Muslims not to integrate with Christians and Jews in Italy, according Corriere della Sera. The video also showed photocopies of a newspaper said to be close to al-Qaeda. The TV programme led to an investigation into Kohaila's activities by the authorities in Turin. The explusion orders issued on Wednesday now have to be validated by local judges.
Reacting to the explusion order, the Italian Muslim website, Islam-online.it said that that they were "amazed" by the details of this case. The website also said it was worried about the "consequences for the lives of Mohamed Kuhaila and his family". "Kuhaila and the association in which he is the imam have been the subject of a provocation," said Hamza Piccardo, the leader of the main Italian Muslim group, the Union of Islamic Communities in Italy (UCOII).
"In a video that was filmed using hidden cameras, documents praising Jihad were 'found' in the mosque on Via Cottolengo and then it was reported and 'translated' that in the imam's sermon he preached of a war against unbelievers," he said.
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Insurgents threaten Norway
09 Jan 2008
A coalition that's described as one of Iraq's most powerful insurgent groups is threatening retaliation against Norway if Mullah Krekar is sent back to Iraq.
Krekar is under an expulsion order after being determined a threat to Norway's national security. He initially came to Norway in the early 1990s as a refugee, but later emerged as the head of guerrilla group Ansar al-Islam and he repeatedly violated the terms of his asylum by traveling back to northern Iraq to lead guerrilla activities. He hasn't been expelled yet, however, because he faces the death threat in Iraq. Norway won't extradite anyone, even criminals, if they risk being executed back home.
The Supreme Court recently cleared the way for his expulsion when the situation in Krekar's homeland stabilizes. The insurgent group "Front for reform and holy war" is demanding that Krekar be allowed to stay in Norway, regardless. It sent a warning to the offices of French news service AFP in Baghdad late Wednesday afternoon, demanding that Krekar remain in Norway.
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