The world’s first university was founded by a woman
Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya (فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية) founded the world’s first university in 895 CE in Fez, which is now in Morocco. She is more usually known […]
Morocco: Struggling Morocco oasis risks becoming mirage
By AFP – Feb 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES SKOURA, Morocco — Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned adobe house in Morocco’s arid southeast, […]
As anti-Semitism increases, let’s remember how Morocco saved its Jews
By Menachem Genack, opinion contributor — 02/02/20 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill “There are no Jews in […]
«Harassed» by his country, the former head of the Ahmadis in Algeria seeks asylum in Morocco
Source: Yabiladi.com The former head of the Ahmadiyya community in Algeria, Mohamed Fali is currently in Morocco seeking asylum, escaping the «restrictions» imposed on him and on Ahmadis by the […]
Op-Ed: You must remember this: Sultan Mohammed V protected the Jews of Casablanca
Source: Los Angeles Times By Richard Hurowitz; April 25, 2017 This year marks the 75th anniversary of the release of “Casablanca,” which immortalized quiet acts of resistance against fascism at […]
Netherlands King Appoints Moroccan Hassan Outaklla Personal Adviser
Outaklla will succeed Bram Gille, who has been the King’s deputy secretary general since February. By Morocco World News Rabat – Dutch royal family has appointed Moroccan Hassan Outaklla as […]
Fatima Al-Fihri: The Mother of Moroccan Intellectuals
Source: Morocco World News Morocco’s history is full of figures who contributed to changing the course of humanity. Throughout time, Moroccans have influenced the fields of science, geography, philosophy, religion, […]
Conversion is not your mission, pope tells Catholics in Morocco
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella, Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Pope Francis told the tiny Catholic community in predominantly Muslim Morocco on Sunday that their mission was not to covert their neighbors […]
Pope in Morocco: Walls, fear-mongering won’t stop migration
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and AMIRA EL MASAITI RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Pope Francis praised Morocco as a model of religious moderation and migrant welcome as he kicked […]
‘Wound’ of migration not solved by physical barriers, pope says
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 30, 2019 Pope Francis delivers a speech as he and King Mohammed VI of Morocco visit the Hassan Tower esplanade in Rabat, Morocco, […]
Conversion is not your mission, pope tells Catholics in Morocco
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 31, 2019 Pope Francis holds a mass at Prince Moulay Abdellah sports complex in Rabat, Morocco, March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (reuters_tickers) By […]
Pope, in Morocco, hopes to boost King’s moderate Islam vision
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 28, 2019 African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco March 24, 2019. Picture taken March […]
Pope to broaden Muslim dialogue with Morocco visit
By AFP – Mar 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday (Reuters photo) VATICANCITY — Pope Francis […]
Laila Lalami: ‘White supremacists target Muslims but the threat isn’t taken as seriously as other forms of terror’
Interview Hadley Freeman The Moroccan-born author talks about finding her voice, who gets control of the narrative and how it feels to be a Muslim in America today @HadleyFreeman Fri […]
Morocco recalls envoy to Saudi Arabia for consultations – Morocco media
This content was published on February 8, 2019 RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia for consultations, indicating apparent cracks in relations between the traditional Sunni […]
Pope to visit Moroccan imam school to boost moderate Islam
By: NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Posted: Feb 09, 2019 VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis will meet with migrants in Morocco and visit a training institute for imams […]
Muslim World League joins Moroccan league in fight against extremism
MWL Secretary-General Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa with Ahmed Al-Abadi, secretary-general of Mohammadian League of Scholars. SPA Mohammed Al-Sulami July 17, 2018 22:26 Cultural communication generates understanding among nations The […]
Red tape quirk : When your birthdate lands you in trouble
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:44023072&locale=en Embed code This content was published on April 5, 2018 11:58 AMApr 5, 2018 – 11:58 Jmiaa Quadrelli-El Mrahi has a peculiar birthday: 00.00.1968, according to her Swiss identity […]
Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco
By AFP – Dec 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Migrant vendors sell cellphones on a sidewalk in the Moroccan capital Rabat on December 19 (AFP photo) RABAT — Unable to reach […]
A moment of religious harmony: Morocco’s little idyll of Jewish-Muslim coexistence
Essaouira sets an example for the rest of the Middle East Nov 2nd 2017 | ESSAOUIRA ONCE a year the little seaside town of Essaouira, in Morocco, reclaims […]