Rabat, March 22 -- Italy deported a Moroccan imam on a direct flight to Casablanca on Monday, March 18, on the grounds of radicalism.
The Italian la Voce outlet reported that the imam was propagating extremist interpretations of Qur'anic precepts during his sermons.
The Italian Ministry of the Interior deported Houssam Din Rouzak, 36, "for security reasons," the Italian Corriere Torino news outlet reported.
Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini described Din Rouzak in a tweet as "radicalized" and "violent." There is "zero tolerance for those who, in the name of God, attempt to wage war in our homeland," he wrote.
Italian intelligence services have kept a close watch on Din Rouzak since 2012, when he adopted a rigid understanding of t...