The so-called “Weinstein effect”—cascading dismissals of powerful men for abusing women—has swept across many of the world’s wealthy democratic countries. Now a scandal in my own country, Morocco, has broken new ground. It shows what happens when the Weinstein effect meets Islamists and other forces in a traditional Arab Muslim society. On Feb. 23, Moroccan police arrested Taoufik Bouachrine, editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Akhbar al-Yawm, at his office in Casablanca. Acting on testimony from as many as 30 women, including...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 09, 2018 16:58 UTC