Imam Seen as Security Threat Is Deported
From Times Wire Reports
Italy expelled a Moroccan-born imam, saying he was a danger to public security.
Bouriki Bouchta was picked up from his home in the northern city of Turin and put on a plane from Milan to Morocco, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Bouchta was expelled after anti-terrorism officials verified that he was responsible for “a serious disturbance of public order” and represented “a danger to the security of the state.”
Officials at the ministry declined to discuss any specific incidents.
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