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Death Toll Rises to 717 at Fatal Stampede in Mecca
Miami - The tragic death toll resulting from a human stampede in Mecca has risen to 717. Al Arabiya News reported that KSA’s civil defense has confirmed the deaths of 717 pilgrims who gathered on...
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140,000 Muslims Celebrate Eid Al-Adha at Moscow’s New Mosque
Taroudant - Around 140,000 Muslims gathered on Thursday morning at the site of the newly-inaugurated mosque in Moscow to celebrate Eid al Adha, an Islamic holiday also called the Feast of Sacrifice....
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Morocco: Disturbing Video Shows Man Attacked by Homophobic Mob for ‘Wearing Bra’
Rabat - A hate-monger mob shouted anti-gay slurs at a man they perceived to be homosexual before punching him repeatedly in the face, shows a new video posted on YouTube. The 55-second video now...
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Largest Mosque In London Catches Fire
Taroudant - A huge fire broke out at Baitul Futuh mosque in Morden in south west London on Saturday. The mosque, which presents itself as Western Europe's largest mosque, caught fire after midday....
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Lists of Dead, Injured and Missing Moroccan Pilgrims
Taroudant - Moroccan Authorities published the lists of dead, injured and missing Moroccan pilgrims following the tragic stampede that occurred at Mina last Thursday. The accident claimed the lives of...
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg Promises to Take Actions Against Hate Speech
Casablanca - The ‘private’ chat between Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and Chancellor, Angela Merkel regarding hate speech and inappropiate comments on his social networking website became publicly...
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Migrants In Morocco: New Rules Generate Controversy
By Oualid Bakkas Rabat - When Cheick Yacoub Sylla, 33, left the Ivory Coast in 2007, he dreamt of reaching Europe to become an international football player for the biggest European football clubs....
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Registration for American 2017 Diversity Lottery Begins October 1
Rabat - US Department of State has announced that online registration for 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2017) will open on October 1 and will close on November 3. A press release by the...
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Muslim Man Brutalized to Death in India for Eating Beef
Rabat - A Muslim man, identified as Mohammad Akhlaq, was attacked and lynched to death by a mob of residents, on the streets of a town near New Dehli, India for allegedly storing and consuming beef,...
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Netherlands-Morocco Agree To Cut Dutch Benefits Payable to Moroccan Nationals
Taroudant - The Netherlands and Morocco have reached an agreement on cutting widows’ and orphan’s benefits payable by the Dutch government to Moroccan nationals living in Morocco. After the Dutch...
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Cairo University Bans Professors From Wearing Niqab
Taroudant - Cairo University,one of Egypt’s leading public universities issued a statement on Tuesday banning women wearing the niqab from teaching or lecturing at the university and its institutions....
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Nora Belahcen Fitzgerald: The Change Maker who Brings Hope to Marginalized...
Meknes - Nora Belahcen Fitzgerald, the founder of the Amal Association for Culinary Arts in Marrakech, lends a helping hand to disadvantaged Moroccan women by getting them involved in business and...
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Summer Jobs: Moroccan Students’ Opportunity to Make Money
By Ayoub Derraza Rabat - Summer jobs do not require a special uniform, or standing in a queue for a work permit. All you need is to choose a popular commodity and the appropriate place to sell it....
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Women in Leadership: The Perspective of an Emerging Leader
“The goal of leadership is to excel, reach full potential, inspire and push other people up. Do not summarize it into a pursuit of positions and titles” Rabat - On Saturday September 19th, 2015 Lamia...
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How to Implement Sustainable Development Global Vision
New York - One critical sustainable development goal is the strengthening of the means by which nations can implement the overall sustainable development global vision. Is there proven methodology...
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This Morning at the Barber’s or the Day’s Check up Report
Rabat - The T.V. was tuned to a Koran channel. I asked politely if it would be possible to watch the news on any channel to check on what had happened earlier in the morning. I didn't know that...
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90-Year-Old Woman Raped in a Town Near Rabat
By Jamal Bellahsen Rabat - Last week, unidentified adolescents raped a 90-year-old woman in her cottage in a small town near Bouznika, a city near Rabat. The victim, known as Hennouna, has lived alone...
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Moroccan Student Commits Suicide after Announcing it on Facebook
Taroudant - A young man has allegedly committed suicide on Friday morning by hanging himself with a rope in the forest of Bouarak in Taourirt, North of Morocco. Before taking his own life, Mustapha...
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Morocco: “Progressive” Minister Comes Under Fire for Supporting Polygamy
Rabat - Employment Minister Abdeslam Seddiki is under fire for a pro-polygamy statement at the 56th session of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, held this week in...
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Morocco’s Latifa Ben Ziaten Wins Jacques Chirac Foundation ‘Conflict...
Rabat - Latifa Ben Ziaten, mother of Imad Ben Ziaten, the victim of the terrorist attack perpetrated by Mohammed Merah in France in 2012, was awarded the Conflict Prevention Prize by the Jacques Chirac...
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