Eight individuals were arrested in the city of Ksar El-Kebir in northern Morocco, following participation in a November 19 ceremony thought to be a gay wedding.
According to the arrest warrant, the detainees are suspected of illegal "sexual perversion."
A preliminary investigation showed that the gathering was ceremony of the mystic Gnawa sect, practiced by descendants of African slaves. While some participants were dressed in women's clothing, the ceremony's organizer claimed that he only wanted to reenact a vision in which a woman asked him to dress like her and offer a gift to the saint Sayyed Al-Madloum.
Source: Aujourd'hui le Maroc, Morocco, November 28, 2007
