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270:. El Ghazali also criticised his home state of Morocco for unconstitutionally silencing the voices of atheists. During the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council, El Ghazzali criticised the fact that several states in which convicted ‘blasphemers’ are currently in jail are also current members of the Human Rights Council.
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to eat publicly. Moroccans born in non-Jewish families are forbidden by law to drink, eat, or smoke in public during
Ramadan. In the same year, El Ghazzali founded the Association of Ex-Muslims of Switzerland, which in December 2012 successfully raised public pressure to ban Saudi fundamentalist imam
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El
Ghazzali is one of the few atheist activists in Morocco and is a proponent of religious and sexual freedom. When he publicly declared his atheism in 2010, it caused outrage in Moroccan society, and resulted in public protests and numerous death threats against him. He has been living as a refugee
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criticised “self-identified champions of human rights who, through finger pointing, unjustly and widely blame others for violations of human rights” at the United
Nations. In his intervention, El Ghazzali criticised the fact that Iran prevents girls and women from attending certain sporting events
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El
Ghazzali was the author of the Bahmut blog, one of the most controversial blogs in the Arab world, and has received a number of death threats because of his views. His blog discusses issues ranging from freedom of expression to political Islam. He used to be the head of the Youth Chapter at the
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announced the formation of the Raif Badawi
Foundation, named for her husband who is now carrying out a decade-long prison term, sentenced to 1000 lashes for his religious and political dissent. El Ghazzali was chosen as a member of the international advisory board (as co-director) of Raif Badawi
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Moroccans. Kacem speaks
English, as well as German, French, Arabic and Berber. Mostly known for his publicly voiced atheism, his writings stress the importance of freedom of thought which, in his view, is lacking in countries dominated by Islam. His articles have been published in/by the
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El
Ghazzali comes from a Sufi Berber family. His grandfather built a mosque in his village, his father, a dentist, wanted to have the son trained as an imam. Although Sufism preaches a mystical, undogmatic Islam, Kacem felt the religion of childbirth as restrictive and controlling.
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and forces them to wear the veil. Addressing the council, El
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