this article was writen in french..and ,as my english is very short (vocabulary etc ) I translated it with Babel fish..so it could be strange sometimes..sorry for that
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[ Life of the companies ] 09/03/2003 Morocco: One year of prison for the fans of heavy-metal In Morocco, it is not good to listen to heavy-metal. Fourteen young musicians were condemned to the prison, at the end of a scandalous lawsuit. © Metallica to read testimonys of several sites of press, these is a ubuesque lawsuit which was held last week in Morocco. Fourteen fans of heavy-metal, which listens among other groups of Metallica or Iron Maiden, were condemned to the prison. Reason: their "satanic" practice is likely to attack Islam. They were arrétés in Casablanca, on their premises for the majority, at at the end of February 2003. The verdict of their lawsuit was returned on March 6. Result: between one and twelve months of prison. Firm. This sentence caused an agitation and an incomprehension at the national level. However, no obvious offence concerning an unspecified sectarian attitude would have been noted. According to the press, the musicians are for the majority of good family and never were the subject of any complaint nor critical. Exhibits: CD of hard rock, posters, rings and musical instruments. An arsenal considered to be dangerous for the moral order. The attraction for a contrary music with the moralities, English texts, religious symbols... all that inevitably translated the deviance of an unhealthy spirit. Such was the vision of the Moroccan judge. Fortunately, several Moroccan newspapers knew to carry a more lucid glance on their youth. A petition is in hand to require a revision of the lawsuit. To know some more: - the Moroccan economic magazine the economist underlines serious inconsistencies: http://www.leconomiste.com/article.html?a=46739 http://www.leconomiste.com/article.html?r=45 - a dispatch AFP specifies the profile of condemned: To click here: http://www.lemonde.fr/dh/0,5987,3398 -- 12385085,00.html - the Moroccan daily newspaper Libération indicates that more than 400 young people already signed a petition to claim the release of the young people hardos. http://www.liberation.press.ma Moroccan publication Just as it is wrote a special file and quotes passages of the lawsuit, for which we leave him the responsibility. To read the file: To click here ndr: the dynamic, unquestionable bonds being changed and thus had to be removed. With title d?illustration, here two short extracts: --- judge (Exhibant a black Tee-shirt): C?est what this symbol? L?inculpé 7: the cross. The judge: It is not in the good directiont? L?inculpé 7: Yes, it is with l?on the other side. The judge: And she wants to say what, this cross? L?inculpé 7: I do not know. The judge: Mmm. You do not know? (Exhibant another Tee-shirt on which is written "No War") And that one? L?inculpé 7: C?est counters the war in Palestine. The judge (Arranging without comment the Tee-shirt, while leaving another on whom the name of the group Iron Maiden is written): And that? L?inculpé 7: C?est the name d?un group. The judge: And why does c?est write in red? L?inculpé 7: The judge: what means the red color? L?inculpé 7: The judge: (exhibant a cranium-candlestick) That this object means? L?inculpé 8: C?est a cranium, I puts candles above. The judge: Normal people use candles when there is d?electricity. The judge: (exhibant Cd) Qu?est this qu?il has there in it? L?inculpé 9: Music. The judge: Which music? L?inculpé 9: Hard rock. The judge: You like the music? L?inculpé 9: Yes. The judge: And why you n?as not of the cassettes of Fatna Bent L?houcine?