| The American Missionary and the 14 Moroccan Christian converts |
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 02/06/10 ( Morocco Board News Service ) - - An investigation, initiated by the Moroccan internal intelligence services division, lead to the arrest of 14 Moroccans and an American citizen at a home in Amzmiz, a town located 54 km from Marrakech, Morocco.The authorities investigated the relationship between the American citizen and the 14 Moroccans, who had converted to Christianity in 2003, the location of their first acquaintance, and the contents of their meetings. The Investigators tried to learn the reasons why the group chose to undertake their evangelization campaign in the small and impoverished town of Amzmiz, in particular. The US citizen, who appears to be a missionary evangelist, had visited Morocco four times since 2003. He first met with a Moroccan citizen in Malta who had initiated his visits to Morocco. The U.S. citizen told authorities that he “gives classes to Moroccans on the Christian religion when he is requested to do so” and the 14 Moroccans said that they have embraced Christianity without any pressure from anyone, and they denied conducting any evangelization campaigns, according to the Moroccan news site hespress. Teaching material, proselytizing documents, including laptops, video projectors, CD-ROMs and evangelization brochures were seized and the American missionary was deported through the Marrakesh airport. A year ago four Spaniards and a woman from Germany were arrest and expelled after holding "evangelization ceremonies" with Moroccan citizens. Last December two missionaries from South Africa, two from Switzerland and another from Guatemala, were expelled for the same reasons. Moroccan law allows worship of other religions but forbids active missionary work by foreigners who “…take advantage of poverty and weakness or need of assistance or treatment …. to convert Muslims to other religions .”
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Concerned Citizen
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What about the Laws Well everyone seems to be missing the point. Like everyone does when they arrive to the states. They start by respecting the laws of the United States Of America. It’s a simple rule you enter a country you abide by its laws and rules. It’s simple common sense. It is against the law to convert a Muslim to any other religion it is against the law to try to misguide a Muslim to think that any other religion is better. So if someone wants to open their hart to a kid that is more than noble. But these people are Evangelical Missionaries with years of experience some with masters in Christianity, brain washing Moroccan children and telling them that Muslims are s****d and that christens are better. This is the heart of the problem at hand this is WGA (George Washington University) in Casablanca is about. Several parents are finding themselves stuck between a rock and hard place because they paid $10K per year for what they thought was a good school with a good curriculum. Only to fight that most of the staff are priests and evangelical specialist teaching their kids that Islam is not a good religion but Christianity is. These parents cannot pull their kids out in the middle of the year. And the VP of school Deborah MacArthur says in the press that by putting your kinds in an American School you are running the chance that they may change religion. She omitted to say that we have special people on staff train to brain wash their little minds since their Christianity program starts at K5 I feel this is not ethical this is pure brain washing and it is something that is against the laws of Morocco this should be stopped and I am glad that the government is catching on finally. Morocco is a sovereign country that has its own laws and if people want to go there to live, to teach to do anything there MUST abide by the laws of Morocco. |
Ain Leuh
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Ain Leuh At the moment you read this (if you read this) the orphanages of Ain Leuh, Village of Hope have just been shut down - the staff has been given hours to pack and are being sent back to the States - without their adopted children, consideration of the orphans, anything. I am glad that running Christian orphanages is currently considered more morally dangerous and bankrupt than peddling 60 percent of Europe's dope, running drugs and prostitutes through Casa, Agadir, Marrakesh and wholesale-ing liquor to our big hotels and Marjanes. |
Ain Leuh
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Ain Leuh At the moment you read this (if you read this) the orphanages of Ain Leuh, Village of Hope have just been shut down - the staff has been given hours to pack and are being sent back to the States - without their adopted children, consideration of the orphans, anything. I am glad that running Christian orphanages is currently considered more morally dangerous and bankrupt than peddling 60 percent of Europe's dope, running drugs and prostitutes through Casa, Agadir, Marrakesh and wholesale-ing liquor to our big hotels and Marjanes. |
ALHUSSAYN
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A NICE BLOG THAT EXPLAIN RELIGION WE DON'T NEED TO SET ARROUND THE TABLE OF THE ROMAN AMERICAN TO STUDY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THEIR FIRST EMPIRE. I'LL MENTION ONLY ONE THING THROUGHOUT A QUESTION WHY JEWS AND ROMANS TRANSLATED THE GOSPEL ? INTO THE ROMAN LANGAGE ? I found this nice blog http://holy-system.blogspot.com |
someone
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Hijab in France What's the difference between Hijab and head covering wear by Nuns? they both looks alike muslim also needs to chill too |
BD1861
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RE: Democracy & Illiteracy "This particular law in Morocco is very appropriate, as it was adopted to protect a particular layer of a society that does not have the intellectual means to protect itself from well trained predators"---- WELL TRAINED PREDATORS???!!! You make it sound like they are pediphile or a dealer in slaves, not some one attempting to practice and spread their religion. I'm sure they have the intellectual ability to make a decision on their own as to what they believe |
Nawfal1972
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Democracy & Illiteracy Democracy + Illiteracy = Anarchy. This particular law in Morocco is very appropriate, as it was adopted to protect a particular layer of a society that does not have the intellectual means to protect itself from well trained predators. |
oohdeem
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what about muslims rights? muslims also dont have freedom of religion in western countries they can build minarets in swiss , they have so many obstacles to build mosques in most western countries, they cant practice family law, they cant wear Niqab in France and Holland (may be in others countries in future) they cant wear Hijab in france school. |
Someone
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coverts or bought-out ? freedom of religion is part of human rights and must be respected convert in 1 meeting ? this seems like what has been going on for thousand of years - missionaries has been doing all over the world, buying people's religion by giving them money and food and such; Good technic very recently In Haiti Feb 2010(and has happened many time before) some missioanries were arrested for kidnapping children speading religion not by Faith but by Money ! |
Amet
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... Interesting to hear different view points. From an American mind set no one can force anybody's heart into any religion. I would say Let varying view points compete for the hearts and minds of the people. If something has to be forced upon the people then I have to wonder why? What are we afraid of that we cannot let the people decide for themselves? |
Farid
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Why are you so afraid of Christians? I know many Christians, and I fail to see why the government is so afraid of them. As another writer said they are already in your country and are there serving the people. In America you never hear of Islamic institutions being raided in a country that is overwhelmingly Christian, but rather they are accepted and live in peace with their Christian neighbors. It is time to end this practice of chasing out people because of their religion, and punishing those who convert. It is a personal choice. |
Zaki
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... If people convert so easily it is because Islam is not as strong as it should be. It is not taught as a discourse or learning process but accepted by blind faith. Any religion that challenges the mind will have the upper hand. Islam is accepted as faith it is not even taught as a discourse or learning. Accept it or else.... I am not sure why people are crying foul play here, when there are Christian institutions in Morrocco (In Azrou region, I know of one)who are taking care of orphanages. These are cases of illegitimate children of all the hypocrites who do not want to have anything to do with their own children born out of wedlock or extra-marital affairs due to their sexual appetites. Let them be Christians if those cretins hypocrites do not want to deal with a problem that they themselves create. Instead you hear them screaming bloody murders against the missionaries. |
majid berkani
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what are they afraid of? the only reason why its such a problem for the moroccan administration to have these missionaries go around in morocco and try to convert people to other religion is the kings postion held in morocco. the king is the leader of the faitfull people of islam and according to his family he's a direct descent from the prophet Mohamed. if too many people start converting to other religions, the kings position will be undermined and therefore he's absolute power in varius fields of daily moroccan life will decrease. Moroccan officials don't give a damn wether you as a muslim drink alcohol or eat pork as long as you just say you're a muslim. morocco is in many ways a society that doesn't really have a strong idendity. nobody can define what it is to be a moroccan but the religion islam is the only thing most moroccans have in common. i really couln't care less with these missionaries, i mean these missionaries are a product of the western influence over morocco we have seen in the past 10 years. Alcohol, Pork, Western clothing and in general the western way of life is very popular amongst many moroccans. |
Morcelli
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Morocco should take its people Part of me support freedom of religion, the other part does not support others taking advantage of poor people to convert them to whatever religion, but in real democracy, you'll have to accept things that embraced by the majority and the majority in Morocco are against those who take advantage of poverty and and illiteracy to advance their own agenda. But then again, can the government really control someone's heart? I think it is a delicate issue, Morocco will have better chance against evangelists if they take care of their own people. |
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