
Prominent Moroccan Salafist Preacher Dies from COVID-19 at 65
The Salafist preacher Abdelhamid Abu Naim died on Thursday, July 8 in a Casablanca clinic following a Covid-19 infection. He was 65 years old.

The Salafist preacher Abdelhamid Abu Naim died on Thursday, July 8 in a Casablanca clinic following a Covid-19 infection. He was 65 years old.

The Casablanca Court of Appeal confirmed, on Wednesday, the conviction to one year in prison and the payment of a fine of 2,000 dirhams handed down at first instance against the Salafist Abdelhamid Abou Naïm .

The court of first instance in Casablanca sentenced, on Friday, April 3, the Salafist preacher, Abdelhamid Abou Naïm, to one year in prison and a fine of 2,000 DH for having condemned the decision to close mosques.

Prosecuted while in custody, the Salafist Abou Naim has been incarcerated since this Friday in the local Oukacha prison for incitement to hatred and violence, according to a decision by the King’s Prosecutor at the Court of First Instance of Ain Sbaâ.