The latest in Morocco

Dutch MP issues fatwa to free Muslims from extremism

2011-09-10T09:30:06Z

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - On the eve of 9/11, a Dutch Muslim politician has launched a campaign calling on Muslims around the world to stop blindly following decrees issued by a handful of extremists, and to start thinking for themselves.

Tofik Dibi, a member of parliament for the opposition GreenLeft Party, said that as a "normal, o...

Italy approves draft law banning burqas

2011-08-02T15:30:50Z

An Italian parliamentary commission approved a draft law on Tuesday which would ban women from wearing the veils that cover their faces in public, if passed by parliament in September.

The draft law would forbid women from wearing a burqa or naqib, but also prohibit anyone from covering their faces with a motorcycle helmet or any material of "ethnic origins".

Sponsored by Souad Sbai, a Moroccan-born membe...

Men plead not guilty in New York synagogue bomb plot

2011-06-15T09:30:17Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that they bought guns and a hand grenade and plotted to blow up synagogues and other buildings in New York City.

Ahmed Ferhani, 26, an Algerian, and Mohamed Mamdouh, 20, a Moroccan-b...

Moroccan Islamists 'could reject constitution'

2011-06-13T09:30:57Z

An Islamist party in Morocco warned Monday that it will vote against a new constitution if the basic law provides for "freedom of belief", which it said will damage the country's Islamic identity.

"We're not against the freedom of belief, but we do fear the consequences of this provision for our Islamic identity," the general secretary of the Cannes film festival screenings reached their climax on Saturday with a Romanian director's story of women in a parched Moroccan village who go on "love strike" to force their menfolk to bring water.

The last of 20 films vying for the Palme d'Or, Moroccan origin," said high school student Sidi Ahmed, who visited the Museum of Moroccan Judaism of Casablanca with his class from ...

Germany's angst about Islamists goes mainstream

2010-12-04T21:30:17Z

Even Germany joins in as Europe's cultural clash with radical Islam goes mainstream

The 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs and intoned Allah's praises as dismayed townspeople looked on.

It was Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month, and the group that calls itself "Invitation ...

New Philadelphia museum celebrates Jewish life

2010-11-05T08:00:38Z

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - Albert Einstein's pipe, Irving Berlin's piano and Jonas Salk's test tubes are just a few of the histor...

The History of the Amoravids in Andalucia

2010-11-04T14:48:47Z

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Ramadan celebrations around the world

2010-11-04T14:34:51Z

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Walili

2010-11-03T01:13:53Z

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Islam in the West View

2010-11-03T00:14:38Z

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Moroccan Meatball Tagine

2010-09-13T09:33:49Z

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What was the Islamic Golden Age?

2010-11-05T11:23:29Z

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Quote of the day II

2010-09-11T00:48:44Z

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Moroccan Almond Milkshake

2010-09-11T11:11:44Z

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Meloui the Modern Way

2010-09-11T10:23:54Z

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Morocco halts fresh food shipments to Spanish city

2010-08-18T04:45:09Z

Moroccan truckers halt fresh food shipments to Spanish enclave in north Africa

Truckers who transport food from Morocco to this Spanish enclave in North Africa suspended shipments of perishable goods on Wednesday amid a simmering dispute over alleged police brutality by Spanish officers.

But the threat of a lengthy...

A mosque in NYC ground zero? Yes, but right after a cathedral is built in Mecca

2010-10-06T11:20:59Z

Building or not a mosque in NYC ground zero it is an issue in the USA, but building a church near Kaaba in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) is far from being an issue, it is simply fiction! . Imagine a country that wants to sell its good and services in the USA and in return they ban the imports of American products. Good business? Yes indeed, but not for the US! . Now imagine that country arguing that the US is a free market and that everyone has the right to sell anything there under American laws. Sounds...

Halwa Chebakia

2010-11-02T12:20:14Z

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Seafood Briouats

2010-11-02T12:18:56Z

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Jul 23, 2010

2010-11-02T14:12:07Z

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Al Sanusi

2010-11-02T15:07:42Z

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A Counterterrorism Ally In North Africa

2010-10-27T09:01:32Z

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Morocco Begins New Wave of Christian Expulsions

2010-10-27T08:02:34Z

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France's burqa debate stokes passion in North Africa

2010-05-14T03:30:15Z

ALGIERS/RABAT (Reuters) - A French proposal to ban full face veils has stoked debate in Europe and also provoked strong reactions across the Mediterranean in North Africa, where many of Mohamed Abed Al-Jabri, the Moroccan Islamic philosopher, critic and political ideologue for a socialist opposition party, who died in Casablanca this week.

"He was at once an intellectual critic of Arab-Islamic thought, a political man, and the thinker for the Conflict between European artists and Muslims fuels concern about a clash of civilizations

With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?

A small group of Europeans have been doing just that — provoking death plots and at least one murder by turning out art that derides the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran in the name of Western values...

Morocco warns of tough line after missionaries expelled

2010-03-11T12:15:50Z

The Moroccan government warned Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled.

Communications Minister Khalid Naciri said the government would be "severe with all those who play with religious values".

The Christians were expelled after religious authorities accused them of proselytism, illegal in the...

Morocco takes tough line after missionaries expelled

2010-03-11T11:16:09Z

The Moroccan government said Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers, in a warning issued two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled.

Communications Minister Khalid Naciri Naciri said the government would be "severe with all those who play with religious values".

The Christians were expelled after religious authorities acc...

Morocco minaret collapse raises maintenance questions

2010-04-16T07:01:47Z

Criticism mounted Saturday over the apparent lack of maintenance of an 18th-century mosque in central Morocco, a day after its minaret collapsed, killing 41 people and injuring 76 others.

Rescuers ended their search midday in the central city of Meknes, concluding all the victims buried in the rubble had been accounted for. The bodies of the dead were handed over to families for immediate buri...

Mosque collapse raises questions over maintenance

2010-04-16T07:01:36Z

Criticism mounted Saturday over the apparent lack of maintenance of an 18th-century mosque in central Morocco, a day after its minaret collapsed, killing 41 people and injuring 76 others.

Death toll after Moroccan minaret collapse now 41

2010-04-16T07:02:22Z

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Death toll rises to 41 after Moroccan minaret collapse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Saturday ordered experts to check the safety of the country's historic mosques as the death toll from the collapse of a centuries-old minaret rose to 41 people, the official news agency ...

Morocco minaret collapse raises questions

2010-04-16T07:01:47Z

Criticism mounted Saturday over the apparent lack of maintenance of an 18th-century mosque in central Morocco, a day after its minaret collapsed, killing 41 people and injuring 76 others.

Morocco minaret collapse leaves at least 41 dead

2010-04-16T07:01:59Z

The collapse of a historic minaret in the central Moroccan city of Meknes has killed at least 41 people, injuring 76 others, an official said Saturday updating the casualty toll.

Rescuers were searching the rubble for other possible victims after the minaret of the Bab Berdieyinne mosque in Meknes' old quarter came crashing down on ...

Residents angry over Moroccan minaret disaster

2010-04-16T07:02:13Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;RABAT (Reuters) - Rescuers on Saturday dug out the last corpse of more than 40 worshippers crushed to death when a 400-year-old Moroccan mosque minaret collapsed, officials said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The authorities wrapped up the rescue operation and they had cle...

Morocco minaret collapse 'kills 40'

2010-04-16T07:02:00Z

The collapse of a minaret in a historic mosque has killed at least 40 people, injuring 71 others, in the central Moroccan city of Meknes, a local official said Saturday.

Among those injured in Friday's collapse of the minaret of the Bab Berdieyinne mosque in the old town quarter of Meknes, 51 people have already left hospital after ...

40 killed in Morocco minaret collapse: officials

2010-04-16T07:02:08Z

The collapse of a minaret in a historic mosque has killed at least 40 people, injuring 71 others, in the central Moroccan city of Meknes, a local official said Saturday.

Among those injured in Friday's collapse of the minaret of the Bab Berdieyinne mosque in the old town quarter of Meknes, 51 people have already left hospital after ...

36 killed in Morocco minaret collapse

2010-04-16T07:02:11Z

At least 36 people died and 71 were injured after the minaret of a historic 18th century mosque collapsed in the central Moroccan city of Meknes during Friday prayers, the interior ministry said.

Local officials said the toll could mount.

"The minaret and part of the roof fell on the congregation which had gathered for the weekly prayer," a resident told AFP.

Residents told AFP tha...

32 killed in Morocco minaret collapse: ministry

2010-04-16T07:02:16Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A mosque minaret collapsed in the central Moroccan city of Meknes during Friday weekly prayers, killing 32 people and injuring 68, state television station said, citing the interior ministry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The collapse came after "heavy rains which lashed the region for several days," the television report said.&...

11 killed, 50 hurt as Morocco minaret collapses

2010-04-16T07:02:22Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;At least 11 people died Friday and about 50 were injured when the minaret of a mosque collapsed in Morocco's central town of Meknes, the interior ministry announced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=69730668&amp;bid=informcom" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;...

Moroccan mosque minaret death toll rises to 16

2010-04-16T07:02:31Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;RABAT (Reuters) - A four centuries-old mosque minaret collapsed in Morocco on Friday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 30 worshippers, hospital officials and eyewitnesses said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I counted myself 13 dead. Their corpses were pull...

Moroccan Authorities Raid Bible Study, Arrest Christians

2010-10-25T04:32:19Z

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Morocco's War on Missionaries

2010-10-24T15:16:15Z

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France denies citizenship to man with veiled wife

2010-04-16T07:12:31Z

France denies citizenship to man with veiled wife, debate over face coverings rages on

French authorities have denied citizenship to a man who forced his French wife to wear a face-covering veil, saying he had rejected national values of secularism and gender equality.

The government has been speaking out strongly against head-to-toe veils, and is moving toward banning them in public after a long public debate over...

Ibn Battuta/Moroccan Food

2010-11-03T09:10:08Z

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Swine flu kills 4 hajj pilgrims: Saudi

2010-04-16T08:58:18Z

Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency on Saturday.

It was the first reported news of fatalities from the disease among pilgrims gathering in the kingdom for the pilgrimage which Muslims are obliged to undertake once in their lifetime if they have the means.

The ministry said a

Breaking the Ramadan Fast in Ksiba, Morocco

2010-11-02T14:49:51Z

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Eid Al-Fitr in Morocco

2010-10-22T07:38:29Z

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Kefta Msemen - Rghaif Stuffed with Ground Beef Filling

2010-10-22T07:38:12Z

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Iftar Idea - Lamb or Beef Brochettes

2010-10-22T07:38:01Z

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Harira - Morocco's Tomato and Lentil Soup

2010-10-22T07:35:47Z

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The Treasures of Timbuktu

2010-10-26T20:37:58Z

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Ishaq ibn Abd al Hamid

2010-10-22T09:23:06Z

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Sheikh Abd al Hamid Ben Badis

2010-10-22T09:19:33Z

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Alawi dynasty

2010-10-22T09:06:06Z

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Morocco challenges Mideast Holocaust mind-set

2010-06-16T11:32:53Z

Morocco's king backs effort to spread Holocaust awareness among Muslims

From the western edge of the Muslim world, the King of Morocco has dared to tackle one of the most inflammatory issues in the Middle East conflict — the Holocaust.

At a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinej...

Morocco to bring Islamic imams up to date

2010-04-16T11:38:05Z

Morocco's Islamic affairs ministry on Thursday launched a nationwide programme to train Muslim imams, or community leaders, as part of a reform campaign announced by King Mohammed VI in 2008.

"Imams are an essential part of the reform of the religious sphere," Minister of Islamic Affairs Ahmed Tawfiq told a news conference. "They are responsible for taking care of believers...

Five Foreign Christians Deported from Morocco

2010-10-23T22:23:11Z

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My Auntie Went to Fatima and All I Got Was This Lousy Tee-shirt!

2010-10-06T02:12:18Z

It's been awhile since I sat down and tapped out one of these articles.....

I have been a little bit busy and distracted, running around the Iberian Peninsula.

It was a wonderful, if not slightly surreal, three and a half weeks and, like every occasion when I take off to somewhere new, I learned invaluable life-lessons and aspects about myself that I previously had not realised.

For starters, I have come to sadly accept the fact that I am possibly the wo...

French sisters win sexism payout from London firm

2010-04-16T14:28:20Z

Twin Muslim sisters who sued a London financial services firm for religious discrimination and sexual misconduct have reached an out-of-court settlement with their former employers, lawyers said Wednesday.

Media reports said Hanan and Samira Fariad, 31, French nationals of Moroccan origin, demanded up to 10 million p...

Jewish pilgrims converge on town in Morocco

2010-04-16T14:43:57Z

In Morocco, a festival where tolerance is traditional and Jews pray together with Muslims

It's an uncommon sight for an Arab country: hundreds of joyous Jewish pilgrims gathering without fear around a rabbi's tomb, greeted by local Muslim officials who share a prayer with them at a synagogue.

Yet most of the 400 Jews who converged on the Moroccan coastal tow...

Morocco bans French magazine for insulting Islam

2010-04-16T15:00:35Z

Morocco bans issue of weekly French magazine for articles it says insult Islam

The Moroccan government has banned an issue of the French magazine L'Express International, claiming it insults Islam in articles exploring the relationship between that religion and Christianity.

Information Minister Khalid Naciri said Sunday that he had no choice but to ban th...

Diabetics put health at risk during Ramadan

2010-04-16T13:33:06Z

Diabetic Muslims in the Netherlands are putting their health at risk by ignoring medical advice against taking part in Ramadan.

The month-long Islamic religious festival, when observant Muslims fast during daylight hours, is just starting around the world.

But Ramadan can cause serious health problems to those suffering from diabetes -- a condition where the body releases too much sugar into the blood.

One hospital i...

Morocco sends moderate Muslim preachers to Europe

2010-04-16T16:47:56Z

Moroccan government to send moderate Muslim preachers to Europe to fight extremism

Morocco plans to send scores of moderate Muslim preachers to Europe during the holy month of Ramadan to help fight extremism in the Moroccan community abroad, the ministry for religious affairs said Thursday.

The government will send 167 men and nine women preachers to address Moroccan...

Israeli rabbi invited to Saudi interfaith meeting

2010-04-16T16:57:39Z

AP Interview: In first, Israeli rabbi to attend Saudi-sponsored interfaith gathering in Madrid

Saudi Arabia has invited an Israeli rabbi to an interfaith conference in Spain, potentially the first step in wider contacts between the kingdom and Israel, the rabbi told October 25 2007

Two Hamas militants are dead after reportedly venturing too close to the security fence that divides the State of Israel from Gaza.

Two Israeli civilians were injured, one seriously in a drive-by shooting incident at the Ariel Junction. The wounded were treated, almost immediately by a pas...

1st wife of U.S. Muslim married to two women charged with murdering her husband

2010-09-09T13:41:38Z

An American woman was charged Thursday with killing her longtime Muslim convert husband hours before he was to leave on a trip to Morocco to try to impregnate his new second wife, prosecutors said Thursday.

Myra Morton, 47, also a convert to Islam, turned herself in Thursday to face murder and related charges in the death of Jereleigh Morton, 47, who was shot in his bed ear...

U.S. bigamist's 1st wife turns herself in to face murder charge

2010-09-09T13:40:07Z

The longtime wife of an American who converted to Islam and had taken a second wife in Morocco turned herself in Thursday to face murder and related charges in his death.

Myra Morton, 47, was accompanied by two lawyers when she walked into the Montgomery County Courthouse. She was wearing traditional Muslim c...

Morocco Spain

2010-11-28T11:02:03Z

Thousands of people march peacefully through Morocco's economic capital Casablanca, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, to protest a call by the European Parliament for a UN probe into recent violent clashes between Moroccan forces and residents of the Western Sahara flag with the word 'Free' priinted on it during a protest march against the Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara and a call for independence, in Madrid Saturday Nov. 13, 2010. Thousand of protesters are demonstrated in Madrid against Morocco's recent crackdown in the former Spanish colony ...

Morocco Western Sahara

2010-11-09T10:01:08Z

In this photo released by the MAP news agency (Maghreb Arabe Presse) shows Moroccan forces dismantle a camp housing thousands of refugees in the Western Sahara, near Laayoune, Monday Nov. 8, 2010. At least three Moroccan security officials were killed and 70 injured Monday in a raid on a protest cam...

Spain Morocco-Western Sahara

2010-11-08T14:02:22Z

Saharan woman protest in front of the Morocco Embassy in Spain, Madrid, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 against the attack on Monday to a refugee protest camp in the long-disputed territory of Western Sahara. least three Moroccan security officials were kil...

Spain Morocco Western Sahara

2010-11-08T14:02:21Z

Saharan women protest in front of the Morocco Embassy in Spain, Madrid, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. At least three Moroccan security officials were killed and 70 injured Monday in a raid on a protest camp in the disputed territory of Western Sahara and...