Tuesday, the French administrative judiciary approved the Interior Ministry’s decision to close the Bantan Mosque in the suburbs of Paris for a period of six months. The authorities accused the mosque of circulating information that led to the killing of history teacher Samuel Paty.

The Montreux Administrative Court considered in the verdict, which was seen by Agence France-Presse, that the authorities did not "inflict serious and unlawful harm to basic freedoms" by temporarily closing the place of worship "in order to prevent the recurrence of such acts."

The authorities accuse the mosque of sharing an October 9 video clip on its Facebook page that shows the father of a student of the Bois Oulen School in the Conflates Saint-Honorine in northwestern Paris, denouncing a lesson on freedom of expression given by Paty.

October 16, an 18-year-old Russian Chechen in Conflans Saint-Honorine beheaded the professor after accusing him of showing offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students.

During a hearing on Monday, Muhammad Hanish, head of the mosque and president of the Muslim Federation of Bantan, who has submitted an appeal to the administrative court, said it was "confusing" and repeatedly expressed his regret about this "despicable crime."

The Administrative Court stated in its decision, "He has shown beyond any doubt, in any case, incomprehensible negligence, while his position and tasks require from him more restraint."

The court added, "This deliberation also falls within the context of the radical movement’s penetration into the Bantan Grand Mosque. This is, in fact, a result of the recommendations of Mr. Doukuri, nicknamed Abu Talha, one of the imams of the Bantan Mosque, who leads Friday prayers and is involved in the extremist Islamic trend" in the Paris region.

On Sunday, Daukori announced that he would cease his activities.

The Muslim Union of Bantan confirmed through its lawyer, in a statement, its intention to appeal this decision to the Council of State, the highest administrative court in the country.

In addition to the temporary closure of this mosque, the French government last week dissolved the pro-Palestinian Sheikh Ahmed Yassin group, which they allege to sponsor several associations considered close to "radical Islamists.”