Saturday, 8. March 2003
Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 11:31:24 AM CET
Moroccan heavy metal fans jailed
More than a dozen heavy metal musicians and fans have been jailed in Casablanca for moral and religious crimes, local media reported.
The 14 men, all between the ages of 22 and 35, were convicted of "acts capable of undermining the faith of a Muslim" and "possessing objects which infringe morals".
Their sentences of between one month and one year followed newspaper pieces which dubbed them "Satanists" involved in international devil-worship.
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