Overview

• The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig declined to admit Chihi’s complaint, rendering the Bremen Higher Administrative Court’s expulsion ruling final.
• Bremen’s interior authority says it will deport the Tunisian imam if he does not depart voluntarily.
• The appellate court relied on expert analysis and evidence that he promoted anti-democratic, salafist and jihadist positions in sermons and online, including propaganda for IS-linked groups and incitement to armed struggle and hatred of Jews.
• The 20-year entry and residence ban imposed in 2021 was deemed disproportionate and must be reassessed separately by authorities.
• The Islamisches Kulturzentrum Bremen, where Chihi has served as imam since 2006, has been under state security observation as a salafist-oriented association.