Morocco goes digital to counter radical Islam online
Source: Religion News Service BY Tom Heneghan RABAT, Morocco (RNS) — Chababe is a lively site on Facebook, YouTube and the web where young Moroccans can talk about what troubles […]
Morocco food stampede kills 15 and wounds many
Source: BBC At least 15 people have been killed in a stampede in Morocco while food aid was being handed out.The incident occurred in the town of Sidi Boulaalam in Essaouira province. The aid was being distributed by a private charity.Some reports indicate that up to 40 people were injured […]
How states can wield ‘official Islam’ to limit radical extremism
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Robbins and Lawrence Rubin November 3 Worshipers arrive for Friday prayers at al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Dec. 28, 2012. (Khalil Hamra/AP) In a recent interview, Saudi Crown […]
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 […]
Historic Jewish quarter of Marrakesh sees revival
This place of worship was built originally in 1492 By AFP – Oct 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A woman sits on the side of the road next to a doorway […]
Police fire tear gas to halt Morocco ‘million-man march’
Source: Arab News AL-HOCEIMA, Morocco: Police in the northern Moroccan city of Al-Hoceima on Thursday fired tear gas to disperse protesters and stop them marching in defiance of a government ban. Organizers from the Al-Hirak Al-Shaabi movement dubbed the demonstration the “million-man march” and said they would go ahead with […]
Moroccan cleric defies taboo on women’s inheritance
By AFP – May 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Moroccans bang on pots as they gather in the northern city of Al Hoceima on Saturday, during a demonstration that involved […]
World’s oldest university, library, meets 21st century with massive restoration
Natasha Maguder and Tom Page, CNN Updated 0846 GMT (1646 HKT) April 3, 2017 Source: CNN It is officially the oldest university in the world Rare color images from 1899 offer glimpse into a lost North Africa So goes an old Moroccan proverb. For centuries, wise men have flocked to […]
Morocco: The king’s dilemma
MARKAZ Morocco: The king’s dilemma Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs Thursday, March 2, 2017 In his 1968 book, “Political Order in Changing Societies,” Samuel Huntington coined the term […]
Morocco’s High Religious Committee Says Apostates Should Not Be Killed
By Ezzoubeir Jabrane – February 6, 2017 , 6:09 am Casablanca – Morocco’s High Religious Committee has retracted its Islamic ruling stating that apostasy is punishable by death and has decided to permit Muslims to change their religion. The High Religious Committee in charge of issuing Fatwas (Islamic rulings) released […]
Get rid of the burqa existing stock within 48 hours
Source: Dawn Last week, officials from Morocco’s interior ministry took to the markets. There they visited some merchants and handed them a letter. “We notice that you sell the burqa,” the letter noted, before asking the merchants to get rid of the existing stock within 48 hours and to not […]
Morocco praises Saudi measures for Haj pilgrims
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 15 January 2017 A picture taken on October 16, 2013 shows Muslim pilgrims heading to the “Jamarat” ritual, the symbolic stoning of Satan, where they throw pebbles at pillars, in Mina near the holy city of Makkah. (AFP) RIYADH: A senior Moroccan official […]
Ending Religious Violence in the Middle East
MOHA ENNAJI Moha Ennaji is President of the South North Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Migration Studies in Morocco and Professor of Cultural Studies at Fez University. His most recent books include New Horizons of Muslim Diaspora in North America and Europe and Muslim Moroccan Migrants in Europe. FEZ […]
What the domestic-violence makeup show tells us about women’s rights in Morocco
theguardian: by Samia Errazzouki — For the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, state TV aired a lesson in applying concealer to facial bruises. Why did anyone think this was a good idea? ‘Cinematic bruises’ … Lilia Mouline shows how to hide the physical […]
Moroccan state TV shows women how to hide domestic violence
State broadcaster Channel 2M demonstrates how to cover up bruises with makeup and ‘carry on with your daily life’ Women in Morocco have reacted in horror after a programme on state television demonstrated how they could use makeup to cover up evidence of domestic violence. The segment in the daily programme Sabahiyat, […]
How Berber women are fighting desertification
MARRAKECH EFFECT By Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Tighanimine, Morocco NOV 15, 2016 – 17:00 The Tighanimine Filahia cooperative produces argan oil from native trees. it’s an ingredient used by cosmetic firms like Aveda and the Body Shop. (Paula Dupraz-Dubias/swissinfo.ch) The sale of oil from a drought-resistant tree has become a lifeline for […]
Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, ‘helped Israel win Six Day War’
Shlomo Gazit: Fear of imminent defeat was ‘prevalent among majority’ in Israel… but top brass was ‘confident in our strength’ King Hassan ll sharpened Israel’s edge by providing secret recordings of Arab leadership discussions in run-up to war, says former military intelligence chief BY SUE SURKES October 16, 2016, Israel […]
Ideas Hub: The Problem with the Marrakesh Declaration
Source: Muslimwise A blog of the Centre of Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London By Michael Mumisa (Shaykh) In January this year (2016), the “Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of […]
World’s oldest library in Morocco to reopen in May
The ancient al-Qarawiyyin Library in Fez, founded in 859 by a woman, is the oldest working library in the world, holding ancient manuscripts that date as far back as 12 centuries and will reopen in May after a major renovation. World Bulletin / News Desk The Moroccan Ministry of Culture […]
Spain arrests man in North African enclave for promoting Islamist militancy
Source: Reuters Spanish police arrested a Moroccan man in Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday, accusing him of promoting Islamist militancy via social media, the Interior Ministry said. […]