Is flag burning illegal in Morocco?
Criminal offense
Desecrating the national flag is a criminal offense under the Penal Code.
Morocco is one of 55 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 82% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 17 September 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 Desecrating the national flag is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment or a fine.
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment in Algeria.
- Spain
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is a criminal offense punishable by a fine.
- France
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag in public places is a criminal offense.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Desecrating national emblems installed by public authority is a crime in Switzerland.
- Italy
- Criminal offense Desecration of Italian or foreign national flags is prohibited by law and punishable by fines or imprisonment.
Other laws in Morocco
- Apostasy Laws
- Legal
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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