A Study on the penalties in the Moroccan Zaiyan Amazigh Customary law

The Imazighen custom law system affects the Imazighen way of life. An Amazigh customary legal system has been set up over thousands of years in the North Africa covering all the aspects of life. In fact, there were custom laws regulating individual, collective, cultural and political life, and the system of ownership of lands, forests, waters and minerals, and penalties for crimes, for example, criminal code, libel, theft, commit adultery, marriage etc. And this paper deals with the types of the penalties for crimes in the Imazghen customary law. Namely this paper deals with the bases of the criminal code, the types of crimes and penalties including diya(reparation) against body demage, libel, theft, faithless marriage, and commit adultery, marriage and the other penalties in the Imazighen custom laws. And this paper deals with the difference between Imazighen Custom Law and Moroccan Law of the penalties for crimes. In this context, the Imazighen customary law is weaken because the Moroccan government forces the Imazighen to obey the Moroccan positive law including the penalties of crime. In conclusion, recently the Imazighen penalty system is recognized due to the Imazighen identity movement.