In Errachidia province, a rare incident sparked widespread outrage. A woman’s burial was brutally interrupted by a local tribe fiercely opposed to women’s presence around graves due to fears of witchcraft.
A man broke into a mosque in Tikiouine, in the Agadir region, last Wednesday, hurling insults and threats at the worshippers and the imam.
The Christian cemetery of Mediouna, near Casablanca, is the victim of a wave of vandalism. Out of the sixty or so graves, only one remains almost intact.
The Omar Ibn Al-Khattab mosque in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) was the target of vandalism during the night of September 1 to 2, with tags painted in spray paint on the walls of the mosque representing the Prophet declaring "I am a coward".
The elements of the Tangier police prefecture have succeeded in arresting the author of the desecration of the stele erected in tribute to the late Abderrahmane Youssoufi. It is a mentally unstable woman.
The video of a man setting fire to the Moroccan flag in a hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, has elicited a reaction from the Moroccan-African Observatory for the Defense of Territorial Unity.
Prosecuted for criticizing the person of the king, desecration and insult to national institutions, a young man was sentenced, on Monday, February 10, by the court of first instance of Inezgane , to a sentence of 4 years in prison with a fine of 20,000 dirhams.
For insulting the flag and attacking the territorial integrity, Abdelali Bahmad, a former member of the National Union of Moroccan Students (UNEM), was arrested on December 20. He then appeared before the Khénifra court on December 23.
Voices continue to rise to condemn the desecration of the national emblem by uncontrolled individuals during the pro-Hirak demonstration last Saturday in France. From his prison, Nasser Zefzafi has reacted in turn.
The desecration of the Moroccan flag by Hirak du Rif activists is still provoking very strong reactions. After the Moroccan Parliament and the CCME, it is the turn of Moroccans in Europe to vigorously protest "this act that violates the honor and dignity of the Moroccan people".
Reactions continue after the desecration of the Moroccan flag this weekend in Paris during a demonstration. On Monday, October 28, the Moroccan Parliament responded to this act described as "cowardly and childish".
The support committee for the Rif movement organized a European march on Saturday, October 26, in memory of the martyr of dignity, Mohsine Fikri, and in support of the Rif movement and political prisoners.