A court in Rabat convicted Ibtissame Lachgar, one of the leading figures of Moroccan feminism, for posting a photo of herself wearing a T-shirt that read 'Allah is lesbian.'
It’s a shame, I thought Morocco was one of the more progressive Muslim countries. I guess jail instead of beheading or stoning is progressive.
Also… It’s a preview of what’s coming to Texas, Alabama and Co. Wear a “Jesus is a lesbian” t-shirt over there even today and jail might be the lighter outcome.
It is but this kind of cultural change takes generations. I remember a couple of years ago seeing a newspaper article celebrating Rabat having its first female taxi driver, then a few months later I saw a video of a kid being beaten by her Dad because she had a boyfriend. There’s a big cultural divide between the people who’ve been raised with traditional values and the newer generations who been raised by the internet. Moroccans are not worldly people.
It’s a shame, I thought Morocco was one of the more progressive Muslim countries. I guess jail instead of beheading or stoning is progressive.
Also… It’s a preview of what’s coming to Texas, Alabama and Co. Wear a “Jesus is a lesbian” t-shirt over there even today and jail might be the lighter outcome.
It is but this kind of cultural change takes generations. I remember a couple of years ago seeing a newspaper article celebrating Rabat having its first female taxi driver, then a few months later I saw a video of a kid being beaten by her Dad because she had a boyfriend. There’s a big cultural divide between the people who’ve been raised with traditional values and the newer generations who been raised by the internet. Moroccans are not worldly people.