Quote:RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan court jailed a German tourist for six months for attempting to convert Muslims in the southern resort of Agadir, officials said on Wednesday.
The court in Agadir, Morocco's main tourist destination, found the 64-year-old man guilty of trying to "shake the faith of a Muslim," they added.


The court also fined him 500 dirhams ($60) in its verdict issued late on Tuesday.


Court officials named the German of Egyptian origin as Sadek Noshi Yassa, who was arrested last week as he was distributing books and CDs about the Christian faith to young Muslim Moroccans in the street, the officials said.


Under Moroccan law "anyone who employs incitements to shake the faith of a Muslim or to convert him to another religion" can be jailed for up to six months and fined.


The verdict came after local media reports that some Christians had launched a clandestine campaign to convert thousands of Muslim Moroccans to Christianity.

Quote:Bismillah


salam Faith, hope Charity,


Let me explain first, that neither Morocco, nor any other so called Muslim country applies Islamic Sharia` (law) with exception of Saudi Arabia. Thus, i m not sure that this sentence is a fruit of Islamic law.


For example, here in Egypt, local Nasara (Christians= Copts) have a huge missionary efforts including the use of money to convert Muslims in slum areas specially.


The government does not do anything. But as Muslims, since this is our duty and if it shows anything it shows our shortcoming to curb our brothers and sisters socio economic problems, Muslims do work to apply comprehensive development in such area. However, those efforts are simply public that has nothing to do with the government.


But as for the position of Islam from one who apostates, you will find threads on this issue, run a search I suggest.

Quote:International Religious Freedom Report 2004
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor


The country is ruled by a monarchy with a legal system based on Islamic law (Shari'a). The Government does not provide legal protection for freedom of religion, and such protection does not exist in practice. Islam is the official religion, and <b>the law requires that all citizens be Muslims.</b> The Government prohibits the public practice of non-Muslim religions. The Government recognizes the right of non-Muslims to worship in private; however, it does not always respect this right in practice and does not define this right in law.

Quote:When Hakan Tastan wanted to amend the religion on his Turkish identity card, his enthusiastic championing of Christianity exasperated the official barring his way. Eventually, the official gave up trying to oppose the controversial change. “Change this heathen’s religion and make him go away,” the devout Muslim told his clerks.
More than ten years later, the missionary zeal of Mr Tastan and his fellow Christian convert, Turan Topal, has led to much graver things than being called names.


They face up to nine years’ jail after going on trial last week for “insulting Turkishness” during their religious work, under the notorious Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. It is the same law that put Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel literature laureate, in the dock, and which the European Union wants amended.


The case against two members of the tiny Turkish Protestant community has attracted criticism from the EU and cast a shadow over Pope Benedict XVI’s visit this week.


Mr Topal and Mr Tastan, who are charged with illegally gathering information on people and “insulting Islam”, have faced public anger in Turkey, where a mistrust of Christians has been growing, fuelled by the Iraq war, the EU’s critical attitude, the Pope’s comments linking Islam with violence and the Danish cartoons row. [<i>basically, it's the Infidels fault that moslems hate anything and anyone not Islamic. —ed.]</i>


At last week’s hearing, a friend was punched and bystanders told them to leave the country if they didn’t like it. ...


The three plaintiffs, young men aged 16, 17 and 23, contacted them through a friend saying that they wanted to find out more about Christianity. After two meetings, charges were filed.

Quote:Bismillah


salam Faith, hope Charity,


Let me explain first, that neither Morocco, nor any other so called Muslim country applies Islamic Sharia` (law) with exception of Saudi Arabia.

Quote:Bismillah


I know Nasra that u have issues with Saudi Arabia, but I also learnt from u when you once posted an excellent article by if I recall Siraj Wahaj, about the treasure and not to trash a Muslim.


Well, Nasra actually they do apply sharia, I know what you mean about what is being spread regarding their applications (Wahhabi versus Quran and Sunnah). Not all of what Mohamed Abdel Wahab wrote is wrong neither correct. Every human being is subject to make faults. I suggest that rather than hearing from there and here and then make judgments to learn more.