Woman is arrested and threatened with stoning after wearing a T-shirt saying 'Allah is lesbian' in Morocco

 

A feminist activist in Morocco was taken into custody and said she was threatened online with stoning after posting a photo of herself wearing a T-shirt with the words: 'Allah is a lesbian.'

Following a woman’s posting of a photo on her social media account, which depicts her wearing a shirt with phrases offensive to the divine, along with a caption insulting Islam, the public prosecutor ordered an investigation,' its statement said.

'Due to its urgency, the subject has been placed under police custody in accordance with the law.' 

In the photo, the outspoken feminist activist can be seen smiling with her hands on her hips as she poses wearing the T-shirt.

She wrote on X: 'In Morocco, I walk around with T-shirts bearing messages against religions, Islam, etc.

'You tire us with your sanctimoniousness, your accusations. Yes, Islam, like any religious ideology, is FASCIST. PHALLOCRATIC AND MISOGYNISTIC.'

Ibtissame Lachgar is accused of posting a photo wearing a shirt that is offensive to Islam, and writing a caption that was also insulting to the religion.

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Rabat Court of First Instance in Morocco announced she was taken into police custody on Sunday, as authorities investigate the photo. 

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