(CNN) -- The French Interior Ministry announced Monday it has deported two Muslims and plans to expel three more in a crackdown after the killing of seven people by a suspected Islamic extremist. A statement by Interior Minister Claude Gueant said the moves were part of "an acceleration of the deportation procedures of foreign Islamic radicals." An Islamic militant from Algeria who was involved in 1994 attacks in Marrakech, Morocco, was sent to his home country Monday, the statement said. In addition, a Malian imam was returned to his home country for sermons that promoted anti-Semitism and rejection of the West, it said.
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An Islamic militant and imam are sent back to their home countries
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Deportation proceedings have started or will be launched against three others
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President Sarkozy said last week a crackdown on Islamic militants had started
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The crackdown follows the killing of seven people by a suspected Islamic militant
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