The iron grille has been hastily lowered. The sign, “Welcome, open”, still hangs in the shop window between djellabas, headscarves, kaftans and abayas. A hasty closure for the “Iqra bookshop”, 23 rue Marceau in Nice (…).
[Among the] complaints identified: (…) the sale of “fundamentalist and indoctrinating” works, according to the prefect, although, as he writes, “this establishment, located in a particularly busy area, receives a clientele made up of both adults and young people, especially minors”. Among the offending works was “Les grands péchés” (The Great Sins) by Imam Chams Ad-Din Adh-Dhahabi (1274-1348). The prefect of the Département Alpes-Maritimes found statements in it that “call for the murder of homosexuals”. Others advocated “violence against women”. (…)
Their lawyer, Maître Guez Guez, is appalled by the decision to close the centre. (…) He will apply to the Nice Administrative Court for an interim injunction against the closure in order to have the prefecture’s closure order lifted. The media lawyer is also acting as an advocate for the management of the private Muslim school Avicenne in L’Ariane. (…) Two Muslim institutions targeted within three days, “that’s a smear campaign”, says Sefen Guez Guez. Nice Matin