official name: Kingdom of Morocco
capital: Rabat
independence: 1956 from France
king: King MOHAMED VI
population: 32.2 Million
languages: Arabic (official) French Berber
currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Religion: 98.7% Muslim 1.1% Christian
homosexual status: Illegal

Morocco

Are gays at risk in Morocco

27 May 2008- Morocco- When one thinks of Morocco, one usually thinks of famous western expats like Paul Bowles...more

Moroccan paper fined over gay party report error

26 Mar 2008- Rabat, Morocco - A Moroccan court fined the country's leading newspaper a record 6.0 million dirhams on Tuesday, after it mistakenly alleged a judge had attended a gay wedding party in the Muslim country...more

Liberals and Islamists clash over Morocco "gay wedding"

13 Mar 2008 -Ksar El Kebir, Morocco - When rumors of a "gay wedding" spread through the northern Moroccan town of Ksar el Kebir...more

More Gay Heat On Morocco

26 Feb 2008- Morocco came under activist fire again today. The government got some flack last month for that whole anti-gay arrest thing..more

Court upholds gay sentences

18 Jan 2008- RABAT - Moroccan appeals court upheld prison sentences for six men jailed for "homosexuality", lawyer Mohamed Sebbar told AFP today...more

Homo Witch Hunt in Morocco

20 Dec 2007- Morocco- Amid media hysteria and large and riotous anti-gay demonstrations in Morocco, six men whom prosecutors claimed participated in a "gay marriage" have been convicted of violating that country's law against homosexual...more

Gay' bride' beaten in Morocco

01 Dec 2007- Morocco- AL-QASR AL-KABIR,  Protesters in Morocco rioted over the lavish wedding of a gay couple whose celebration reportedly included slaying a bull and drinking its blood...more

 

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