Spain has ordered the expulsion to Morocco of some individuals it deems “radical Muslims,“ according to Spanish Agency EFE.
In recent months, administrative expulsions have been targeting “Muslim radicals” without prior trial, in the application of the Aliens Law.
The agency recently announced that preachers Mohamed Said Badaoui and Amarouch Azbi, based in Catalonia, and Talayuela (Cáceres) resident Yahya Benaouda.
Legal sources linked to the fight against jihadist terrorism consulted by EFE have indicated that, although there has not been a significant increase in expulsions, it may seem that they have been reactivated due to various factors.
Notable factors are the end of pandemic-related restrictions in Morocco, the improvement of Spain’s relations with the Moroccan kingdom, and the decrease in the attribution of crimes of integration into a terrorist organization as a result of the fall of the Islamic State.
Administrative expulsions are applied to lesser crimes and are always punishable by less than 6 years in prison.
According to various EFE sources, “expulsion, on occasions when the behaviors are at the limit of what is punishable, can be more effective for the general interest.”
The last three expelled individuals would probably have had to sit on the bench of the National Court for crimes related to jihadist terrorism and would have been expelled once they had served their sentence.
However, new circumstances are causing these expulsions to be carried out, agreed on the premise that their activities endanger national security, one of the assumptions included in the Immigration Law as a reason to decree the expulsion of foreigners from the territory Spanish by administrative means.
Said Badaoui, president of the Association in Defense of the Muslim Community and who had lived in Catalonia for more than 30 years, was transferred to Morocco by the Police on November 19 together with another Islamist leader also resident in this Tarragona municipality, Amarouch Azbi, for the dissemination of radical pro-jihadist postulates, especially to minors.
The declaration approved by the Board of Spokesmen of the Catalan Parliament, with the support of the Republican-Left Coalition (ERC), the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), Parliamentary Alliance “JxCat” and Electoral Coalition “En Comú Podem”, solidarity with Badaoui, considering him a victim of political repression and Islamophobia by the State, was useless.
Weeks before, the imam of Talayuela “Cáceres” had already been expelled after being considered the greatest exponent in the spread of Salafism in the Campo Arañuelo region.
According to the Police, and as endorsed by the Contentious Chamber of the National Court, they contributed to preventing the integration of Muslims in the area and to the discrimination and social segregation of women.
By virtue of the Immigration Law, when a foreigner with legal or irregular residence in Spain is detained for crimes related to jihadism, before opening a procedure to order their expulsion, the administrative authority must first check if they have a criminal record and contact the judicial bodies where he has those pending criminal responsibilities.
In the event that the crime for which the detained are being investigated has a custodial sentence of more than 6 years, expulsion would not be possible, while if the sentence is less, the judicial authority, after obtaining a report from the prosecutor, prepares another report in the one who normally consents to the expulsion.
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