Morocco remains resolved to boost ties, attachment with its Jewish diaspora

Morocco remains resolved to boost ties, attachment with its Jewish diaspora

Morocco has reaffirmed its determination to continue to boost ties and attachment with its Jewish diaspora.

This came during a Council of Ministers held in Rabat under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI and attended by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan.

During the Council that adopted a number of draft decrees and framework bills, including one seeking to introduce reforms to improve Morocco’s national health sector and a new investment charter that offers a competitive framework to bolster the country’s attractiveness, Minister of Interior Abdelouafi Laftit made a presentation on the Moroccan Jewish Community.

The presentation covered the measures seeking to implement King Mohammed VI’s instructions on the “organization of the Moroccan Jewish community.”

These measures are based on the supreme responsibility of the King as Commander of the Faithful and guarantor of the free exercise of worship for all Moroccans, all religious confessions included, and come to enshrine the Hebrew tributary as a component of the Moroccan rich culture, a statement by the Royal Palace spokesperson Abdelhak Lamrini said.

In his presentation, Abdelouafi Laftit spoke of the National Council of the Moroccan Jewish Community, overseeing the management of community affairs and the safeguarding of the heritage and the cultural and religious influence of Judaism and its authentic Moroccan values. Regional committees of the Council will be responsible for managing the day-to-day issues and affairs of the community’s members, the minister said.

The presentation also covered the Commission of Moroccan Jews living abroad.

The commission works to consolidate the ties of Moroccan Jews settled abroad with their country of origin, to strengthen their cultural and religious influence and to defend the supreme interests of the Kingdom.

In his presentation, the Minister also dealt with the Foundation of Moroccan Judaism, whose mission is to promote and watch over the Jewish-Moroccan intangible heritage, to safeguard its traditions and to preserve its specificities.

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