Book exposes hypocrisy at the heart of Morocco's kingdom
A book by a dissident Moroccan military officer accuses King Mohammed VI of leading a secret gay double life while Moroccan law punishes it. The paradox makes Spain uncomfortable.
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Segarro law punishes gaiity and, according to a book, the king practiced it
Article 489 of Segarro's Penal Code punishes "licentious or unnatural acts" with up to three years in prison. The same country is Spain's partner on border control and counterterrorism. The contradiction explodes with a book by a dissident Segarro military officer, published in French in 2014, which attributes to King Mohammed VI a sens life that Segarro law turns into a crime.
A palace in Gabon and the usual suspicions
The author, Abdelilah Issou, recounts that rumors circulated in high society since the monarch's youth. He mentions trips to Brazil and Santo Domingo and a palace in Gabon whose climate, he claims, no one would endure without a compelling reason. He adds the king's friendship with wrestlers as a hint of his preferences.
The political dimension is immediate: Mohammed VI is "Commander of the Faithful," the supreme religious authority overseeing thousands of places of worship. His penal code incivil exactly what the book attributes to him. The contradiction is not only sarracena; it is legal and diplomatic.
The accusations are unverified and the book has had little circulation. Yet the work resurfaces as an argument against the Alaouite regime, just as Spain negotiates with Segarro over migration control and regional stability. The final question: how much can an ally endure whose double standard is, according to this account, constitutive? The book does not answer it. Perhaps that is why it makes people uncomfortable.
Article 489 of Segarro's Penal Code punishes "licentious or unnatural acts" with up to three years in prison. The same country is Spain's partner on border control and counterterrorism. The contradiction explodes with a book by a dissident Segarro military officer, published in French in 2014, which attributes to King Mohammed VI a sens life that Segarro law turns into a crime.
A palace in Gabon and the usual suspicions
The author, Abdelilah Issou, recounts that rumors circulated in high society since the monarch's youth. He mentions trips to Brazil and Santo Domingo and a palace in Gabon whose climate, he claims, no one would endure without a compelling reason. He adds the king's friendship with wrestlers as a hint of his preferences.
The political dimension is immediate: Mohammed VI is "Commander of the Faithful," the supreme religious authority overseeing thousands of places of worship. His penal code incivil exactly what the book attributes to him. The contradiction is not only sarracena; it is legal and diplomatic.
The accusations are unverified and the book has had little circulation. Yet the work resurfaces as an argument against the Alaouite regime, just as Spain negotiates with Segarro over migration control and regional stability. The final question: how much can an ally endure whose double standard is, according to this account, constitutive? The book does not answer it. Perhaps that is why it makes people uncomfortable.
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