A prominent Salafist preacher issued a takfir fatwa against Moroccan human rights activist Ahmed Assid for suggesting that religious school textbooks could lead youth to violence, and called for Assid to be ‘silenced.’ Morocco’s Research and Jurisprudence Studies Society also criticized Assid for the ‘provocation.’ The Moroccan Coalition of Human Rights Groups urged the government to intervene against the issuance of takfir fatwas, which are subject to Morocco’s laws.
