Overview

• The Rabat court applied penal code article 267-5, which punishes perceived attacks on Islam and allows harsher terms for offenses committed online.
• The case stems from a late-July post showing her in a T-shirt reading “Allah is lesbian” alongside text denouncing Islam that the court deemed offensive to God.
• Judges imposed a 30-month prison term and a 50,000-dirham fine, with her lawyer confirming plans to appeal.
• Lachgar has been held at El Arjat prison since August 12, as her legal team cites ongoing cancer treatment and a September operation that doctors say is urgent to avoid possible amputation.
• Rights advocates, including AMDH president Hakim Sikouk, condemned the ruling as an attack on free expression, and the defense says it will also seek application of Morocco’s alternative penalties law.