[3] Article 220 of the Moroccan criminal code condemns "those who attempt to shake the faith of a Muslim" to up to 3 years in jail.
Kacem El Ghazzali is one of the publicly known Moroccan atheists.
His writings stress the importance of freedom of thought which lacks in Islamic countries.
[5][6] In 2013, the Council of Ex-Muslims in Morocco was founded by Imad Iddine Habib.
[8] It was the first public atheist and non-religious organisation in a country with Islam as its state religion.