PJD secretariat general

Youth Should be Placed at Core of Development Projects, King

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has once again stressed the importance that should be granted to youths in any development project and underlined the need to improve the situation of young people who are the country’s genuine asset. “All stakeholders should take into account the societal changes occurring in Morocco and, as a result, place […]

Algeria Struggles to Catch up with Neighbors on Islamic Finance

Battered by the oil price slump, the underdeveloped banking sector in Algeria sees new financing sources in Islamic finance to tap into the huge informal economy and catch up with Morocco and Tunisia, which have already allowed such participatory banks to operate. As it edges towards offering banking services to suit more religiously conservative investors, […]

Moroccan Jewish community celebrates Rabbi Eliezer Davila’s Hiloula

Several hundred members of the Moroccan Jewish community gathered last week at the Israelite cemetery in Rabat, to celebrate the Hiloula of Rabbi Eliezer Davila. This annual religious meeting celebrates the venerated Saint Rabbi Eliezer Davila, who was born in 1714 in salé, Rabat’s twin city, and who died in 1761. He was buried in […]