Moroccan Imam Arrested for Alleged Adultery with Married Woman

The events took place last Saturday at the home of the married woman. Her husband surprised her in the company of the imam and fkih of a douar in the province. Angry, he wanted to confront the fkih, but the intervention of the neighbors slowed him down. They surrounded the fkih inside the house until the gendarmes of the Al Haouz brigade arrived," reports the Arabic-language daily Assabah. They took away the husband, his wife and the fkih.

During the interrogation, the imam claims to have only responded to the invitation of the married woman for a "rokya charaïya" (exorcism) session. Unconvincing arguments. This father of several children and the housewife were taken into custody. After being brought before the prosecutor of the king near the court of first instance of Marrakech, the woman was released "on the basis of a withdrawal submitted to justice by her own husband." As for the fkih, he was incarcerated. The results of the investigation are expected very soon.