<p>France's top administrative court on Tuesday gave the green light for the expulsion to Morocco of an imam accused of hate speech, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.</p>.<p>Hassan Iquioussen "will be expelled from the national territory" in "a great victory for the republic," the minister wrote on Twitter, citing a decision of the Council of State.</p>.<p>The case landed before the highest court after Paris judges blocked the imam's deportation, which the interior ministry ordered in late July over "especially virulent anti-Semitic speech" and sermons calling for women's "submission" to men.</p>.<p>Iquioussen, 58, reaches tens of thousands of subscribers via YouTube and Facebook accounts from his home in northern France.</p>.<p>He was born in France but holds Moroccan citizenship.</p>.<p>His lawyers successfully applied to the Paris court for a block on the order, saying it would create "disproportionate harm" to his "private and family life".</p>.<p>An interior ministry lawyer last week told the Council of State Iquioussen "has for years spread insidious ideas that are nothing less than incitement to hatred, to discrimination and to violence".</p>.<p>But the preacher's lawyer retorted that some of the remarks including anti-Semitic or misogynistic speech dated back more than 20 years, pointing out that he had never been prosecuted for his public statements.</p>.<p>"Yes, Mr Iquioussen is a conservative. He has made retrograde statements on women's place in society," Lucie Simon said.</p>.<p>"But that does not constitute a serious threat to public order."</p>.<p>The interior ministry representative retorted that the imam's words "create fertile ground for separatism and even terrorism," insisting that he "remains an anti-Semite".</p>.<p>Darmanin had warned that he would try to change the law if judges found Iquioussen could not be expelled.</p>
<p>France's top administrative court on Tuesday gave the green light for the expulsion to Morocco of an imam accused of hate speech, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.</p>.<p>Hassan Iquioussen "will be expelled from the national territory" in "a great victory for the republic," the minister wrote on Twitter, citing a decision of the Council of State.</p>.<p>The case landed before the highest court after Paris judges blocked the imam's deportation, which the interior ministry ordered in late July over "especially virulent anti-Semitic speech" and sermons calling for women's "submission" to men.</p>.<p>Iquioussen, 58, reaches tens of thousands of subscribers via YouTube and Facebook accounts from his home in northern France.</p>.<p>He was born in France but holds Moroccan citizenship.</p>.<p>His lawyers successfully applied to the Paris court for a block on the order, saying it would create "disproportionate harm" to his "private and family life".</p>.<p>An interior ministry lawyer last week told the Council of State Iquioussen "has for years spread insidious ideas that are nothing less than incitement to hatred, to discrimination and to violence".</p>.<p>But the preacher's lawyer retorted that some of the remarks including anti-Semitic or misogynistic speech dated back more than 20 years, pointing out that he had never been prosecuted for his public statements.</p>.<p>"Yes, Mr Iquioussen is a conservative. He has made retrograde statements on women's place in society," Lucie Simon said.</p>.<p>"But that does not constitute a serious threat to public order."</p>.<p>The interior ministry representative retorted that the imam's words "create fertile ground for separatism and even terrorism," insisting that he "remains an anti-Semite".</p>.<p>Darmanin had warned that he would try to change the law if judges found Iquioussen could not be expelled.</p>