Boubker’s excuse is that he was drunk. That is unlikely to fly among the Islamic supremacists he has enraged.
Meanwhile, this is a glimpse into the future of the U.S. This can’t happen here, you say? We respect the freedom of speech, you say? Maybe that was true at one time, but it is no longer. Cowardice is pandemic. Newspapers all over the country refused to republish the notorious Muhammad cartoons out of a newfound “respect” for Islam that they never showed for negative portrayals of Christianity, which they hailed as “courageous.” Those who call attention to the ideological roots of jihad violence are excoriated as racist, bigoted “Islamophobes,” and most organizations on both the Left and the Right would never dare feature such people as speakers. Any organization that does is immediately denounced and called upon to apologize, and it usually does. So given that this is the climate today, what do you think the situation will be like in ten or twenty years?
“Police Arrest Moroccan Actor Rafik Boubker For Blasphemy Against Islam,” by Hamza Guessous, Morocco World News, May 26, 2020:
Rabat – Police have opened a preliminary investigation into the criminal acts attributed to the Moroccan actor, Rafik Boubker, after placing him in custody this evening. The procedure follows the decision of the public prosecutor of Casablanca’s Court of First Instance.
The General Directorate for National Security (DGSN) said in a statement that it had “monitored digital content published on social media, in which the suspect appears in an abnormal condition, insulting the Islamic religion and violating the reverence for acts of worship.”
The DGSN added that it has received several complaints from citizens on the matter which prompted them to open a judicial investigation. Security services aim to uncover the full circumstances of the criminal act and identify those involved in recording and sharing the video.
Boubker appeared in a live video on Instagram on Monday insulting the Islamic religion, violating reverence for acts of worship, and offending imams.
“We are at the mosque since bars are closed because of the lockdown. The bar of the mosque,” said Boubker in the video.
He then mockingly told people “to make their ablution with wine and perform prayers with whiskey.”…
Boubker rapidly responded to the criticism he provoked by posting another video in which he apologizes for his self-declared wrongful statements.
In the video, Boubker extended his apologies to the public while admitting that he was not aware of the gravity of his remarks nor the controversy it would create, explaining his actions by saying he was under the influence of alcohol.
The actor emphasized that he did not renounce his religion and will always be a Muslim.