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Morocco continues to purge nation of foreign Christians

Compass Direct News (CDN) it reporting that Moroccan authorities expelled eight more foreign Christians from the country last weekend, bringing the total of deported Christians since March to 128, reports Dan Wooding, founder of ASSIST Ministries.

The story stated that two foreign women married to Moroccan Christians were included in this third wave of deportations since March, raising concerns that local authorities intend to harass the country’s small but growing Protestant community.

“They are all in fear,” a source told Compass, “because this happened to people who are married.”

One of the women, a Lebanese national married to a Moroccan, was diagnosed with cancer last month and is the mother of a 6-year old girl whom she was forced to leave behind.

“A Spanish national, Sara Domene, 31, was also deported on Monday (June 28), according to news sources,” said the CDN story. “Domene was working as a language teacher in the Western Sahara, a territory under Moroccan sovereignty.”

Authorities called the foreigners to police stations across Morocco on Friday (June 25) and told them they had 48 hours to leave the country on grounds of “threatening public order.”

Other nationals, who were forced to leave the country over the weekend came from France, Egypt, Lebanon, Switzerland, Nigeria and Spain, the CDN story continued.

A source explained that Moroccan authorities are essentially deporting Christians for “proselytism,” which is illegal in Morocco, but in order to justify the deportations they have claimed that the foreigners pose a threat to the state.

CDN added, “The deportations come amid a nationwide mudslinging campaign geared to vilify Christians in Morocco for ‘proselytism’ – widely perceived as bribing people to change their faith.”

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[07/02/2010]

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