Italian authorities have deported 25-year-old Pakistani imam Ali Kashif after he was secretly filmed advocating child marriage, saying girls as young as nine can marry grown men under Islamic law.
Kashif, who lived in Italy for about six years and occasionally served as an imam at two Islamic centers in Brescia, was exposed during an undercover investigation by the Italian TV show Fuori dal Coro, which aired on January 25, 2026.
Kashif was escorted by immigration officers to Milan Malpensa Airport and put on a flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, via Bangkok.