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Moroccan Woman Poses in Selfies with Protesting Anti-Islam Group
Rabat - Moroccan Zakia Belkhiri’s selfies in front of an anti-Islam protest of a far-right nationalist group in Belgium has gone viral with tens of thousands of likes and shares across social media....
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Manuel Valls: There is ‘No Reason’ to Grant French Citizenship to Tariq Ramadan
Rabat - In an interview with Radio J, a Jewish community Radio, on Saturday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that there is no reason to grant French citizenship to Muslim scholar Tariq...
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Over 80 Muslim Refugees Convert to Christianity in Germany
Rabat - Over 80 Muslim refugees from Iran and Afghanistan have allegedly converted to Christianity and were baptized early this month in Hamburg, Germany, according to Christian Today. The same source...
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The Greener March: One Man’s Trash is another’s Revolution With Pimp My Carroça
By Hazel Unger Casablanca - You may have noticed them in your peripheries; bulky unwieldy carts with jerry-rigged walls, threatening to topple over under towering piles of plastic containers and...
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40,000 Moroccan Jews visit Morocco Every Year: Official
Taroudante - On Monday, Serge Berdugo, the Head of the Jewish Community Council in Morocco, addressed the commitment of the Jewish community to Morocco—their home of origins—and the preservation of...
View ArticleViolent Confrontations Oppose Marrakech University Students and Police
By Myriam Ait Malk Rabat – The “Red City” has witnessed violent confrontations between university students and Moroccan authorities, yet again. On May 19, at least four students were arrested inside,...
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Photo of Prince Daniel of Sweden Used in Advertisement in Morocco
Rabat - Optique Chaab, an optometry center in Agadir, Morocco, has used a photo of Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and the husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, in an...
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Amnesty International Calls on Morocco to Decriminalize Sex Out of Marriage
Rabat - In a statement issued in May 20, international NGO Amnesty International called on the Moroccan government to decriminalize sex out of marriage and revise the draft Penal Code presented by the...
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Only in Morocco Can Islam and Judaism Revisit Shared History: Azoulay
Rabat - It is only in Morocco and nowhere else that Islam and Judaism could revisit, rebuild and deepen a relation and a closeness rooted in centuries of shared history, said, on Tuesday in Rabat,...
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Moroccan MPs Call for 30-Year Sentences Against Pedophiles
Rabat - Moroccan parliamentary representatives of both the majority and the opposition have agreed on tougher sentences against all forms of sexual abuse. According to Telquel, three parliamentary...
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Israel Allows Entery of Building Supplies in Gaza
By Kainoelani Lee Rabat – The Israeli military authorities recently allowed building supplies to enter Gaza again, lifting a suspension that had blocked incoming supplies for work, for more than a...
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Dubai: Five Women in Prison for Kidnapping, Torturing Moroccan Woman
Rabat - A court in Dubai has declared a verdict in the case of five Moroccan women who kidnapped an acquaintance, tore up her passport, filmed her naked and asked her brother in Morocco for a ransom...
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A Moroccan Woman Crowned Miss Maghreb 2016
Rabat - A Moroccan woman was crowned Miss Maghreb in a ceremony that was held in Beyrouth, Lebanon last week. The young beautiful Hind Sdassi is the winner of the title “most beautiful woman” in...
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Conference of Moroccan Jews in North America: A Bridge of Understanding
By Myriam Ait Malk Rabat - The Jewish-Moroccan Community hosted its North American Conference in Rabat’s National Library on May 24, featuring two panels, and distinguished guests including André...
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Plastic Surgeon Congratulates Sara Belkziz on Winning Miss Morocco
New York - A plastic surgeon from California has congratulated Sara Belkziz on winning the title of Miss Morocco 2016. Sara Belkziz, 25, was crowned Miss Morocco 2016 on Saturday, May 21 in...
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Preacher Calls on Muslims in Europe to Start Ramadan Same Day as Morocco
Rabat - A preacher has called on Muslims in Europe to start the holy month of Ramadan on the same day as Morocco. Starting from this Hijri year, Al-Balagh Association for Cultural and Social Work in...
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White House has New Muslim American Community Liaison
By Kainoelani Lee Rabat – The White House recently welcomed their new community liaison under the Office of Public Engagement, Zaki Barzinji, former Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for...
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Behind the Scenes: Why Miss Morocco Competition Is a Sham
By Soukaina Abbou Rabat - Miss Morocco 2016, ostensibly a respectable beauty pageant to elect Morocco’s beauty queen, in reality seems to be a case of deception and exploitation. The beauty contest...
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Government’s Insufficient Policies Responding to People’s Demand to Fight...
By Ismail Bardaoui Rabat - The uprisings of 2011 undoubtedly played a decisive role in leading the PJD, the party from an Islamist background, to gain power at the last legislative elections. At that...
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The Origins and Lawfulness of Sufism in Islam
By Nassim Chaoui Ghali Fez - Sufism is difficult to describe because it cannot be reduced or categorized. It is as elusive as the scent of a rose to someone who has never experienced it, and remains...
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