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| Morocco delays trial of Islamist activist Nadia Yassine |
| 2009-07-20 |
| [Maghrebia] A Moroccan court postponed the trial of well-known Islamist activist Nadia Yassine until 2010, Ansa reported on Friday (July 17th). This is the fifth delay since 2005, whenYassine was charged for stating that she wanted to see a republic replace what she called the "autocratic monarchy". Her father, Sheikh Abdeslam Yassine, founded the unrecognised Islamist movement al-Adl Wal-Ihsane (Justice and Charity). |
| Posted by:Fred |