Tag: Abdelilah Benkirane

After the ‘Arab Spring’: Winter is Underway for Religious Minorities in the MENA Region

August 22, 2013

No one can deny that Arab dictatorships have protected religious minorities across the Middle East and North Africa region for decades as a result of ... Read More

Morocco: King Launches An Educational System Reform

August 22, 2013

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has vehemently criticized the shortcomings of the educational system in his country blaming the current government, led by the Islamist ... Read More

Morocco : Towards a Cabinet Reshuffle or Early Election ?

July 10, 2013

After almost two months of shilly shallying, the ministers from the Istiqlal Party, the main component of the coalition government, led by the Islamist Party ... Read More

Morocco: will the King’s arbitration defuse the governmental crisis?

June 27, 2013

The Istiqlal Party on Wednesday handed over to King Mohammed VI a memorandum expounding the reasons behind the decision it made last May to withdraw ... Read More

Istiqlal Withdrawal from Governing Coalition: Does Chabat want to become Caliph instead of the Caliph Benkirane.

May 14, 2013

The National Council of the Istiqlal Party decided on Saturday to withdraw from the Moroccan coalition government led by the Islamist Party for Justice and ... Read More

Mauritania & Morocco Boost Partnership

April 25, 2013

Mauritania and its northern neighbor, Morocco, have inked several cooperation agreements meant to give a new momentum to their partnership in various sectors of common ... Read More

Golden Age of Morocco’s Jewish Community will never Die

February 26, 2013

A synagogue has been refurbished and inaugurated by a Head of a government. This is no news, if the event is taking place somewhere in ... Read More

PM Ayrault in Morocco to Seal Special French-Moroccan Partnership

December 13, 2012

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault started Wednesday a two day visit to Morocco, his first to a Maghreban country, to seal the special and unique ... Read More

Morocco: Managing the Zakat

November 5, 2012

Known for being a right of the poor, Zakat is a compulsory donation that has to be given by any Muslim from whatever income was ... Read More

Street Talk: Moroccan pros and cons about the ruling government

October 3, 2012

The Party of justice and development (PJD) is the first Islamic party to lead the government in Morocco’s modern history. This was the results of ... Read More