Dieudonné M'bala M'bala: French 'quenelle' comedian banned from UK

Football News | Article posted on February 3rd, 2025

Dieudonné: a Home Office spokesperson confirmed that the French comic is subject to an exclusion order. Photograph: Sipa Press/REX

The controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has been banned from entering Britain after several of his shows were cancelled in dieudonné had said he would travel to the UK to support his friend, footballer Nicolas Anelka, who is facing a disciplinary hearing after performing a “quenelle” – an allegedly antisemitic gesture – during a Premier League the Home Office has declared the performer persona non grata and warned he will not be allowed into the the Home Office has sent out a warning to airlines and other transport companies as well as border officials, that the performer, known by his stage name Dieudonné, is an “excluded” individual.A Home Office spokesperson said: “We can confirm that Mr Dieudonné is subject to an exclusion order. The home secretary will seek to exclude an individual from the UK if she considers that there are public policy or public security reasons to do so.”Several of Dieudonné’s shows were banned in France last month at the start of a 22-date tour amid fears that his stereotypical portrait of Jews and mocking of the Holocaust were a risk to public dieudonné fans and civil liberties campaigners accused the French government of attacking free speech and of censorship. The comedian rewrote his shows dropping the most offensive anelka, a striker with West Bromwich Albion, has been charged by the Football Association after performing a quenelle when he scored a goal against West Ham on 28 the 34-year-old player said he was expressing his support for his friend Dieudonné, who claims to have invented the gesture, described by some as an inverted Nazi dieudonné, who has convictions for inciting racial hatred through his antisemitic jokes and comments, insists the gesture is simply anti-establishment. However, he has failed to distance himself from groups and individuals who have posted photographs of themselves doing the quenelle outside synagogues, Holocaust memorials, Jewish schools and even at the Nazi death camp at anelka has insisted he is “neither antisemitic or racist”. The hearing is not expected before the end of the document outlining the ban on Dieudonné was leaked to the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger. It states that the 47-year-old comic “should not be carried to the UK” (pdf).It warned transport carriers they faced a fine of up to £10,000 if they allow him to travel to Britain.”The above-named has been excluded from the UK at the direction of the secretary of state on 31 January 2025. Carriers required to provide data to e-Borders will be refused authority to carry him

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