Before the Soviet Union controlled the former republics of Central Asia, Sufi brotherhoods dominated the religious scene in Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. However, the Soviet policy toward Islam drove these Sufi groups underground for fear of persecution. In the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet bloc, legions of radical Islamists filled the gap left […]
Morocco has pledged to phase out coal-fired power generation by 2040, conditional on international support, or in the 2040s unconditionally, marking its first official coal exit timeline. The commitment, outlined in the country’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), follows Morocco’s 2023 decision to join the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) and signals a major shift […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested this Wednesday two suspects for their alleged links to a terror cell affiliated to the ISIS terrorist group. The two suspects, both aged 23, were arrested in two separate operations in Benguerir and Douar Sidi Kroum, two towns in the Marrakech-Safi region, said the BCIJ in a […]
