Morocco is an Islamic nation for the most part, it is the official religion of the government. However, they are technically a religiously free nation. I say technically because while they allow Christianity, Judaism, and Catholicism to be practicised, it is not allowed to be practicised by Moroccans. Meaning, a Moroccan should practice Islam or nothing else and if not they will go to jail, but a foreigner is free to practice whatever religion they want. It's not good, but it's significantly better than most Muslim nations.
There's a pretty interesting story behind how we found out about Christianity in Morocco. Kimberly wrote the IPHC and the Assembly of God to find out if they had any missionaries and/or churches in Morocco. Not too much later, she got a phone call from the guy with the PH church who heads missionary work for all of Africa...pretty cool! Another cool thing was the fact that he went to Emmanuel College and knows my dad. Emmanuel College may be indescribably small, but we are making our mark! He told her that many of the missionaries will go to Morocco and work other jobs while planting house churches and trying to slowly reach the locals. It's difficult, but progress is being made.
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