Morocco’s Premier Warns Criticism of Prophet Muhammad ‘Not Acceptable’
By Mourad Anouar
Morocco News Tribune
Oklahoma, U.S.A | Moroccan prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane said that it is not acceptable to criticize the Prophet Muhammad in reference to the secular activist Ahmed Assid whose words last week on the prophet caused a lot of controversy.
Prime Minister’s clear message to Assid came as the former was at a party rally late Saturday in Morocco’s capital Rabat.
Benkirane did not mention Assid by name, but he stressed that we all Moroccans should respect our country’s values and islamic symbols.
It is worth mentioning that Ahmed Assid stated in a lecture last week that Islam has become incompatible with the world system today and that the famous letter (accept Islam and you will be saved) sent by the Prophet Muhammed to the kings and heads of then-states and empires is “full of violence and terror” and “should not be taught in our schools,”
The Amazigh activist’s statements caused a wide wave of anger against him, especially in social networks where some facbookers set up a facebook group calling for “a popular trial” for him.
Muhammad Al-Fizaazi, a hardline Salafist, was one of those who called for the trial of the Moroccan Amzigh activist.
“we must file lawsuits against (such people) as the Egyptians have done recently whenever Islam is being the target of anti-religion secularists,” Al-Fizaazi said.
“I call on all Muslim lawyers to file complaints against Assid,” he added.
