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  • Moroccan Salafist Leader Jailed for Inciting Hatred Over Mosque Closures Amid Pandemic
    22 March 2020, by Bladi.net

    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.
    The defendant was arrested on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 because of his criticism of the closure of mosques, decided by the government to counter the spread of the coronavirus.
    In a provocative and widely circulated video on social media, the (…)

  • Moroccan Salafist Preacher Jailed for Criticizing Mosque Closures Amid Pandemic
    5 April 2020, by Sylvanus

    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.
    Preacher Abou Naïm pays dearly for his scathing criticism of the decision to close mosques in order to curb the spread of coronavirus in the kingdom. He was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 2,000 DH.
    On Tuesday, March 17, the security forces had arrested this (…)

  • Moroccan Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Controversial Salafist Preacher
    28 May 2020, by Bladi.net

    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.
    Incarcerated since March 20, the takfirist Salafist, aged 64, was prosecuted for "incitement to hatred and threat of citizens by the commission of acts that seriously undermine public order".
    On March 17, he had been arrested by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ), (…)

  • Prominent Moroccan Salafist Preacher Dies from COVID-19 at 65
    9 July 2021, by Sylvanus

    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.
    Infected with the coronavirus, the Salafist sheikh Abdelhamid Abu Naim died on Thursday after being admitted to a clinic in Casablanca. An admission following a Covid-19 infection. His death was confirmed on his official Facebook page. A funeral prayer was held at the Al Ghofran cemetery in the same city before his burial.
    Born in 1956 in (…)