The ethics committee of the CDH decided to immediately summon Ahmed El Khannouss, we learned from a good source. The remarks made by the Molenbeekois councilor are considered unacceptable by the party.
In a long Facebook status, the elected humanist indeed defended Imam Toujgani. The Muslim dignitary has just had his residence permit withdrawn and access to Belgian territory is now prohibited for him for the next 10 years. A decision taken by the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi (CD&V).
The Secretary of State said he had taken this decision on the basis of information from the security services indicating “a serious danger to national security”. The imam had in particular, more than 10 years ago, called to burn the “oppressor Zionists” while the war in Gaza was raging.
For Ahmed El Khannouss, these are only “raw terms”. “I hope that a solution will be quickly found to put an end to this deportation measure”, added the Molenbeekois.
Several party members, shocked by these statements, also contacted the ethics committee to express their indignation. “I have just learned about the shameful, unworthy words that are far removed from the humanism that we defend on a daily basis from Mr. El Khanouss. (…) I would like the party’s ethics and deontology committee to be referred to and is positioned on the repeated projections of Mr. El Khanouss “, communicated in particular Opaline Meunier, municipal councilor in Mons.
The words of the humanist adviser also made the liberals jump. “This imam called to” burn the Jews “and Mr. El Khannouss speaks of” raw terms “? This trivialization of anti-Semitism is deeply despicable and unacceptable”, indignant Georges-Louis Bouchez, president of the MR.