In the wake of uprisings across North Africa, Morocco's protests on 20 February 2011 offer a critical snapshot of the democratic potential of the street as a political venue. It is in the street that a variety of actors deliberate difference together, outside of state control and surveillance. Studies of democracy in the region often rely on liberal models that regard institutions as the key to a linear path to democracy. However, in authoritarian conditions these transitological frameworks are insufficient to explain the engagement of actors that are excluded from the formal political sphere. Rather, in viewing the 20 February protests as facilitating deliberative street politics, I investigate the integration (and exit) of the religio-political organization Jamaa Al Adl Wal Ihsane in an otherwise secular process. Interviews, participant observation and a historical look at the dialectical development of social movements break through the suffocating definitions of "Islamist" and "secular," allowing breathing room for an analysis of articulation. With this approach, Al Adl Wal Ihsane's participation can be considered sacralized dissent, a form of protest that has been shaped as a response to state-sponsored sacralization of public space. Thus, the 20 February process takes on new meaning in its ability to sustain collaboration and facilitate democratic opposition to an authoritarian regime. This potential is crucial as Morocco enters a tenuous phase of economic crisis and unprecedented opposition to the crown.