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Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco over allegations of blasphemy.<\/p>\n
Ibtissame Lachgar, an LGBT rights campaigner and a co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested in Morocco<\/a> over allegations of blasphemy<\/a> after she posted photos of herself wearing a shirt with the slogan \u201cAllah is a lesbian,\u201d according to international media reports.<\/p>\n The 50-year-old activist remains in custody as the investigation continues. Her lawyer, Naima Elguellaf, told Agence France-Presse the trial is postponed until August 27.<\/p>\n Authorities said they were investigating the photos, which depict her wearing a shirt with phrases “offensive to the divine, along with a caption insulting Islam,” according to the Telegraph.<\/em><\/p>\n Elguellaf said the court had not yet responded to a request that would see Lachgar provisionally released.<\/p>\n Lachgar posted the photo on Instagram last month with the caption, \u201cYou tire us with your sanctimoniousness, your accusations. Yes, Islam, like any religious ideology<\/a>, is FASCIST. PHALLOCRATIC AND MISOGYNISTIC.\u201d<\/p>\n She has regularly posted content criticizing other religions, including Judaism and Christianity.<\/p>\n She would later state that after the post, she received \u201cthousands of sexist insults, rape and death threats, calls for murder, stoning etc\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Under the Moroccan penal code, those convicted of \u201ccausing harm\u201d to Islam can be imprisoned for up to two years, and or given a fine of more than 200,000 Moroccan dirhams.<\/p>\n This is not the first time the activist had been charged with a crime while protesting her country\u2019s laws. Lachgar was arrested for organizing controversial events like the \u201ckiss-in\u201d in 2013 following the arrest of three teenagers.<\/p>\n Two teenagers and their friend were arrested for \u201cviolating public decency\u201d for posting photos of themselves kissing on social media.<\/p>\n AFP reported that she was arrested, though not prosecuted, in 2016 for disturbing public order, and in 2018 amid a campaign in support of abortion rights.<\/p>\n A 2009 picnic during Ramadan also reportedly resulted in her receiving death threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPrevious arrests and activism<\/h3>\n