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Taroudant, Morocco - In today’s edition, the Moroccan daily Al Massae, said that Christian missionaries have used Facebook to distribute more than 30,000 Bibles translated into “Darija,” the Moroccan Arabic.
According to the daily, the missionaries are creating Facebook fan pages and advertising on Google for an operation called, "The 2014 Morocco Mission", to entice Moroccan social media users to explore Christianity.
With nearly 6 million Facebook users and a high percentage of continuous awareness, Facebook provides the best platform for Christian missionaries to promote their faith.
The Arabic daily added that these organizations have mobilized 10 phone lines and more than 15 email addresses to contact Moroccans on the social network.
Al Massae said that the operation, "Morocco 2014," was initiated by the Evangelists following restrictions and controls implemented by the Moroccan authorities, which limited their sphere of influence in Moroccan society.
Taking advantage of the absence of a clear legislative framework in the virtual world, these organizations focus on social media to promote their ideas.
It is worth mentioning that the Christian missionaries have failed in their goal to spread Christianity in Morocco, admitting their failure to spread what they call “the message of Christ” in the Kingdom.
In conformity with Article 220 of the Moroccan Penal Code, a proselytizer may face “six months to three years prison and a fine of 100 to 500 Dirhams” for using the “means of seduction in order to convert” a Muslim “to another religion, either by exploiting his/her weakness or his/her needs, or using for these purposes education, health, asylums and orphanage institutions.”
Edited by Allison Kraemer
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