ALBAWABA - Germany has given Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, the ex-head of the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH), two weeks to leave Hamburg, DW reported on Thursday.
The decision comes over a month after the German authorities issued a ban on the organization, a spokesperson for Hamburg's Interior Ministry revealed on Wednesday.
The Interior Ministry in Germany revealed that Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, 57, was asked to leave the country within 14 days or he would be forced to leave for Iran - his homeland - at his own cost.
Not only he was requested to leave the country, but German authorities banned him from reentering it ever again, and if he ever violated the decision he could face prison.
Who is Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, ex-head of the Islamic Center?
According to his website, Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh was born in 1967 in Qom, Iran. Mofatteh has been a member of the faculty at Qom University since 2008 and has an Associate Professor rank.
He has been working as the 10th Imam and director of the Islamic Center Hamburg since 2018 before its closure in July 2024. He also established and founded the National Maaref Radio Broadcasting Network.
