France announced Tuesday that they banned 43-year-old Omar Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden’s son, from entering their country for life.
Osama Bin Laden, the former leader of the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda, was assassinated by SEAL Team 6 in Pakistan in 2011. His terror group was behind the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
“I am today issuing an administrative ban on Mr. Omar Bin Laden, the eldest son of the international terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Mr. Bin Laden, who has lived in Orne for several years as the spouse of a British national, posted comments on his social networks in 2023 that were an apology for terrorism,” Bruno Retailleau, France’s Minister of Interior, tweeted in French.
Je prononce ce jour une interdiction administrative du territoire à l’encontre de M. Omar Binladin, fils aîné du terroriste international Oussama Ben Laden. M. Binladin, installé dans l’Orne depuis plusieurs années en tant que conjoint de ressortissante britannique, a accueilli…
— Bruno Retailleau (@BrunoRetailleau) October 8, 2024
“As a result, the Prefect of Orne issued an OQTF and obtained Mr. Bin Laden’s departure. The courts have confirmed the regularity of this decision taken for national security. The administrative ban on the territory guarantees that Mr. Bin Laden will not be able to return to France for any reason whatsoever,” the official added.
Bin Laden’s offense was accused of posting something on his deceased father’s birthday — May 2 — that praised his father’s memory, Le Publicateur Libre reported in 2023. Omar maintained that the accusations against him were derived from “false information.” The account that made the post in question has since been suspended.
France bars Osama bin Laden’s son from returning ‘for any reason’
➡️ https://t.co/UUPd62ViPq pic.twitter.com/z4k2ya90aZ— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) October 8, 2024
Bin Laden already departed France in October 2023 after the country ordered that he leave and previously received a two-year ban on entering France, POLITICO reported, citing the Interior Ministry. Bin Laden moved to France in 2016. (RELATED: Right-Wing Governments Revolt Against EU Immigration Demands)
French law proscribes “content on the web or in the press that defends terrorism or incites the commission of terrorist acts,” a French government website noted. Such “content” could be considered an offense under French law and be subject for removal.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
