Morocco has shown a slight improvement in the World Watch List 2026, moving from 21st to 23rd place, reflecting a marginal reduction in the persecution of Christians. Despite this progress, the report by Open Doors highlights ongoing challenges, including social ostracism, legal constraints, and intense surveillance, particularly affecting Christian converts and rural communities.
The Christian rights group Open Doors has classified Morocco as one of several countries where Christian minorities face persecution. The organization reports that Moroccan converts endure pressure from family and society due to their religious beliefs.
In 1631, a Spanish Franciscan was executed by Saadi sultan Al Walid ben Zidan. The latter ordered that the priest be burned after he came to Morocco to preach and comfort Christian slaves.
In the seveteenth century, sultan Moulay Ismail grouped Christian slaves in Meknes to build him a palace that would outshine «Louis XIV’s at Versailles». Trying to escape hard labor, these slaves paid smugglers to flee the powerful Alaouite sultan.
Moroccan who converted to Christianity recently submitted their complaints to the Prime Minister and both houses of the parliament. Hoping to be granted the right to practice their religion, they were already received in April by the Secretary General of the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH).
Morocco is still one of the countries that restrict freedom faith, according to the recent International Religious Freedom report issued by the USA Department of State. Despite the Kingdom’s constitution that guarantees the right to believe, Moroccan Christians, Bahais and Shias are repressed and unable to practice their faith freely.
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