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Christians in Morocco constitute less than 1% [1] [2] of the country's population of 33,600,000 (2014 census). Most of the Christian adherents are Catholic and Protestants . Christianity in Morocco appeared during the Roman times, when it was practiced by Christian Berbers in Roman Mauretania Tingitana , although it started to decline after the ...
Following a seventh month grace period, [15] most of the Jews and Christians in Morocco were forced to convert to Islam on pain of death, [16] or fled the country. [17] Many cases of Jews and Christians choosing to die as martyrs were recorded. [15] Converts were further treated with suspicion, and were forced to wear identifying clothing. [16]
The declaration was made in Morocco and "representatives of persecuted religious communities — including Chaldean Catholics from Iraq" were included in the conference. [3] The conference, at which the Marrakesh Declaration was signed, was called in response to the persecution of religious minorities, such as Christians and Yazidis, by ISIS. [4]
Hundreds of cathedrals, churches, monuments and public buildings are illuminated with red lights in order to raise awareness about the persecution of Christians and the issue of religious freedom ...
It is typically assumed that Morocco's indigenous Christian population disappeared likely in the reign of the Almohad Caliphate during which also many Jews went into exile. [8] Nevertheless, Christian communities persisted among the Berber tribes into the twelfth and thirteenth century when new groups of Christians came to Morocco which can be ...
Jul. 27—Sixty-one of the world's 196 nations actively persecute Christians who, ostracized, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, raped and murdered, stay just as determined to hold onto to their faith ...
Donatism had its roots in the long-established Christian community of the Roman province Africa Proconsularis (present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the western coast of Libya) and Mauretania Tingitana (roughly with the northern part of present-day Morocco), [1] in the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian.
Morocco first experienced Christianity while under Roman rule, as the Empire converted to the faith in its later years. Christianity in Morocco appeared during the Roman times, when it was practiced by Christian Berbers in Roman Mauretania Tingitana. [11] Many of the pre-Christian religions were then reduced in number as Christianity spread.