Topic: Morocco

Dutch MP issues fatwa to free Muslims from extremism

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 ...

Italy approves draft law banning burqas

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 ...

Men plead not guilty in New York synagogue bomb plot

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 Islamists 'could reject constitution'

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 ...
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, ...

In Casablanca, only Jewish museum in Arab world

A white building tucked into a residential neighbourhood of this cosmopolitan city holds a treasure trove few here know about: the Arab region's only Jewish museum."To be frank, I didn't even know there were Jews of Moroccan origin," said high school student ...
Even Germany joins in as Europe's cultural clash with radical Islam goes mainstreamThe 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 ...

New Philadelphia museum celebrates Jewish life

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - Albert Einstein's pipe, Irving Berlin's piano and Jonas Salk's test tubes are just a few of the historic items in a new museum that celebrates Jewish life in America.The National Museum of American Jewish History, which is in ...
Three hundred and seventy-five years after the Moors first landed in Spain, the Almoravid regime was established in Andalucia, to rescue the squabbling disparate Taifa kingdoms that ruled the land from Christians. The origins of the Almoravids were deep in the South ...
Ramadan, the ninth month of fasting in the Islamic year, is the month when the lives of Muslims become upside down. Fasting from sunrise to sunset may be common, but how Ramadan is practiced differs in different countries and cultures. In a ...
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