Someone must be saying to themselves, '' The world is coming to an end as per kissing protests lol .
A group of Moroccan protesters took part in a “kiss-in” recently in Rabat outside the parliament to support three teenagers arrested for posting a picture of themselves kissing on Facebook, which sparked a huge uproar online and in the country in general.
The teenager's photo
The culprits were a boy and a girl aged 15 and 14, and their 15-year-old male friend who took the photos outside their school in the northern town of Nador.
They were charged with “violating public decency” and held in a juvenile centre.
The protesters were confronted by onlookers as they kissed and chanted "Long live love".
Morocco is a Muslim conservative society and one of the demonstrators said ''they had defended the right to public displays of affection in Morocco’s conservative society.
“Our message is that they are defending love, the freedom to love and kiss freely,” she said.
A small group of counter-protesters shoved some of the couples and threw chairs.
“We are an Islamic country and kissing in public is forbidden. A simple kiss can lead to other things. These are atheists who are acting against Islam,” one of them said.
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