It's amazing what 'human rights' our activists will put themselves to preserve..
14 Moroccan men have been carted off to the Casablancan equivalent of The Big House for committing 'acts capable of undermining the faith of a Muslim' and for being in posession of 'objects which infring morals'. These guys were performing heavy metal, and the objects the posessed were their guitars, and of all things, their band tee shirts..
The press has dubbed these lads as 'Satanists', alleging they're involved in international devil worship..
For those who follow the Moroccan heavy metal scene by the way, nine of the 14 were in 'Nekros', 'Infected Brain', and 'Reborn'..
Now it's not as though Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell haven't stood in their respective pulpits and denounced American rockers.. it's been going on in the fundamentalist sects ever sice Elvis started swivling his hips around.. but one can't think of an incident where musicians were handed out jail time for religious reasons..
Well.. Jimmy Morrison, but that was Florida.. and he was somewhat over the top..
The point of this was meant to highlight the sad fact, that those around the world who have been out in their millions in support of regemes in the Middle East, without having a single bloody clue what these governments support.. to what conditions the normal people in these countries have become used to..
Ahh.. and for those christians who would head off to Morocco to try and bring them the message of light and forgiveness.. It's a crime to try and convert a Muslim to another faith.. three years worth..
Imagine what a Moroccan religious chatroom would sound like.. compare to say.. Yahoo.
And get those warrants lined up..