A Moroccan Islamist activist has been sentenced to two years in prison for “incitement to hatred” over social media posts praising a terror attack in Israel, his lawyer says.
Redouane El Kastit, a member of the banned but tolerated Al Adl Wal Ihssane movement, was sentenced by a court in Tangier late Monday, his lawyer Mohamed Serroukh tells AFP.
El Kastit was arrested on February 5 and charged with “incitement to hatred,” “discrimination,” and “insulting a public body” after about 15 posts he made on Facebook, his lawyer says.
According to the prosecution, the posts described a late-January stabbing of five people in Tel Aviv by a Moroccan national as the start of a “blessed racist campaign.”
El Kastit denies making the posts on social media, the lawyer adds.
He was also accused of posting a photo of the attacker and praising his Moroccan identity.
“The court considered this an endorsement of a terrorist act,” Serroukh says.
The lawyer says he will appeal the “harsh ruling.”
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