Two Moroccan imams at a mosque on the Spanish island of Ibiza were arrested yesterday on suspicion of backing the IS and inciting jihad, the police said
Madrid: Two Moroccan imams at a mosque on the Spanish island of Ibiza were arrested yesterday on suspicion of backing the IS and inciting jihad, the police said.
“They publicly and repeatedly expressed on social networks their support for the terrorist group Daesh, its methods and its Salafist-jihadist ideology,” the Civil Guard said in a statement.
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The Civil Guard gave the ages of the pair as 31 and 35, but didn’t name them. They were “imams in a mosque, a privileged position from which to exert influence over members of the Muslim community on the island,” it said.
It added there was particular concern about the impact their teachings may have had on youngsters at the mosque.
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