Charged Islamic institutions and contexts Ruqya, shrine, and healing contexts Berrechid, Morocco · 2022

Berrechid raqi jailed pending trial for raping woman who sought spiritual healing

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Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

raqi (Islamic spiritual healer)

Organization

No organization assigned

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The accused held the position of raqi (Islamic ruqya spiritual healer) and is alleged to have used the trust of a healing session to commit the rape.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Curse or witchcraft threat

Evidence structure

Proceedings

Date in cited record · pretrial detention ordered

Berrechid public prosecutor / investigating judge, Settat Court of Appeal jurisdiction, Morocco. A raqi (spiritual healer) in Berrechid was arrested in 2022 on charges of raping a 22-year-old woman, resulting in her pregnancy, along with adultery and drug-trafficking charges. The investigating judge ordered his detention in a rural prison pending further interrogation.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed spiritual/healing authority
position of trust during ruqya sessions

Cited record

Sources

regional press arrest report Journal24.ma, 'اعتقال راقي خدر شابة وقام باغتصابها متسببا في حملها' (Berrechid raqi arrest report, 2022).: Arabic-language report of the arrest, rape and pregnancy allegation, and pretrial detention order.

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Source and tier basis: https://journal24.ma/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AA/ Corpus classification: regional-press; evidentiary role: arrest-report. SHA-256 583c6e2144c566c7d89eb8be54cd2082d88f5d08e057f0dba301a2bd635f19dd
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