TIZI OUZOU, Algeria, September 13, 2013 – The swift conviction of a Christian for “proselytizing” in Morocco last week shows a harsher reality than the moderate face the country presents to the West, sources said. A court in Taounate, a town in northern Morocco of some 33,000 people about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Fez, sentenced Mohamed El Baladi to 30 months in prison on Sept. 3, just a week after his arrest on Aug. 28 and before police allowed him to obtain a legal representation, a source close to Baladi said. The source, who requested anonymity, was among the converts from Islam whose names El Baladi was allegedly pressured into revealing, along with the names of two U.S. Christians in Morocco. “We are surprised to learn that he gave our names to the prosecutor,” the source told Morning Star News. “He had to have undergone pressure.”
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:38:15 +0000
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