Muslim Cleric Gets Angry at Christians in Morocco.

Every summer foreign tourists pour into Morocco and some of these tourists have an agenda. Their purpose is to distribute Christian literature to the dominant Muslim population of Morocco. One particular team went to a park in the ancient city of Fes. They loaded up a car with a lot of Christian literature and headed for the park.  When they arrived they split up into three different teams and proceeded to give out literature. It wasn't long before they were spotted by curious onlookers who approached them for some of the free books they were handing out. All of a sudden they were mobbed by Moroccans who were grabbing at the literature. The team soon ran out of literature and went back to the car to get more. Quickly, however, the crowd became overwhelming. Everybody wanted something and it became a dangerous mob scene! The leader told the girls on the team, “Get in the car NOW!  We need to go. This is getting out of hand!”  As he was getting into the car a hand stopped the door from closing. He looked up into the face of a very angry man who looked like Osama bin Laden. Although the team leader had never met this man before, he knew who he was just by his appearance, his beard, and his clothing. He was the cleric from the local mosque and his turf had been invaded by infidels propagating a foreign religion. He was very, very angry.

Through patience and a calm discussion with him, he eventually relaxed a little bit, but threatened to take the team to the police because they had violated the law.  The team leader asked him to let me take the foreigners back to their hotel and then they could discuss it later. He backed off when he realized there were a bunch of western girls in the back seat of the car. The team leader was able to close the car door and lock it. He couldn't drive anywhere because the mob was totally surrounding the car. The Muslim cleric had stirred them up and now they were angry. The team leader started the engine and began to move slowly through the crowd.  People kicked and punched the car but they were able to get away.