Who Is Ibtissame Lachgar, the Moroccan Activist Accused of Insulting Islam?

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The court of first instance in the Moroccan capital refused the provisional release of feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar, who was found to be "injuring Islam", despite her "disquieting" state of health.

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The court in Rabat that judges feminist activist and LGTBIQ+ Ibtissam Betty Lachgar for blasphemy has postponed the hearing this Wednesday until within a week. Lachgar, 50, will remain in pretrial detention in a prison near the Moroccan capital, where she was interned more than two weeks ago after having published on social networks on 31 July an image of her wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Alla [in Arabic] is lesbian [in English].” The court…

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This Wednesday opens the first day of the trial of feminist activist Ibtissame "Betty" Lachgar at the court of first instance in Rabat.

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Trial of a feminist activist, for publishing a photograph in which she appears wearing a T-shirt with the phrase "Allah is a lesbian."

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A court in Rabat rejected on Wednesday a request for provisional release on health grounds for Moroccan feminist activist Ibtissam Lachgar, tried for blasphemy after having published a photograph in which she appears in a T-shirt with the phrase "Allah is lesbian." Lawyer Naima el Gallaf filed the request for provisional release with the Rabat Court of First Instance, claiming that all the guarantees of appearance are met and that the delicate s…