Is flag burning illegal in Morocco?
Criminal offense
Desecrating the Moroccan national flag is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment and fines.
Morocco is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Portugal
- Criminal offense Public insult to the flag or national symbols is punishable by imprisonment or fines.
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Algeria with imprisonment terms of 5-10 years.
- Spain
- Criminal offense Spanish law fines individuals for insulting the Spanish flag or autonomous region flags.
- France
- Criminal offense Desecrating the French national flag in public places is illegal with fines and imprisonment.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Switzerland punishes destruction of national emblems but not private flags.
- Italy
- Criminal offense Desecrating any national flag is illegal and punishable by fines or imprisonment.
Other laws in Morocco
- Apostasy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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