Rabat - King Mohammed VI has pardoned 724 people who were pronounced guilty in different courts across Morocco. The royal pardon was granted for the occasion of Eid Al Mawlid Annabaoui, which is being celebrated in the kingdom on Friday.
Rabat – King Mohammed VI has pardoned 724 people who were pronounced guilty in different courts across Morocco. The royal pardon was granted for the occasion of Eid Al Mawlid Annabaoui, which is being celebrated in the kingdom on Friday.
Out of the 724 detained beneficiaries of the pardon, 6 inmates benefited from the pardon over their remaining terms, 507 of the inmates had their prison terms reduced, and four defendants had their prison sentences commuted from life imprisonment to fixed prison terms.
Sixty people benefited from pardon over their imprisonment terms or remaining prison terms, while three other inmates had their prison sentences dropped and fines maintained.
One-hundred forty-one people had their fines annulled, and three others benefited from pardon over their prisons terms and fines.
On every national and religious holiday, the monarch grants his pardon to many prisoners.
Eid El Mawlid Annaboui, or “Al Mouloud,” as it is called by Moroccans, is an event for Muslims to show their devotion to their faith and recite poems dedicated to their Prophet, Mohammed.
On the eve of the event, worshippers spend much of their time inside mosques to celebrate the birthday of the prophet.
The King chaired a religious evening on Thursday at the Badr mosque in Rabat in commemoration of the holiday. The evening was marked by the recitation of verses from the Quran.
