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Family Code: Morocco bars road for individual, extremist interpretations

In submitting some provisions of the new family code to be examined by the Higher Ulema Council, a constitutional body representing Moroccan Muslim scholars, King Mohammed VI bars the road to any individual interpretation or extremist exploitation of a law that should evolve in line with social developments. The Council shall issue a Fatwa, religious […]

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Family Code Revision: Morocco’s King refers proposals to Higher Council of Ulema

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, Chairman of the Higher Council of Ulema, gave on Friday instructions to the Council to examine the proposals put forward by the Body in charge of revising the Family Code, based on the principles & precepts of Islam and its tolerance, and to submit a Fatwa in this […]

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Morocco: Proposals for family code revision to be submitted to King’s appreciation

The members of the body in charge of revising the Family Code have presented proposals that will be submitted to the high appreciation of King Mohammed VI. The proposals were presented to the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, at a meeting in Rabat on Saturday. In a statement to the media at the end of […]