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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced former Central African Republic (CAR) football chief Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to 12 years in prison for 28 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 2013–2014 civil war. His co-accused, former MP and militia commander Alfred “Rambo” Yekatom, received a 15-year sentence for 20 counts, […]
A group of 700 Muslim Imams and preachers in Burkina Faso on Monday (28 August) denounced “religious and ethnic intolerance,“ in response to calls for the killing of members of the Fulani community in the country, which is plagued by jihadist violence. “We, Burkinabe, are playing a pernicious self-destructive role (…) by spreading messages inciting […]
Morocco has condemned the republication of outrageous and provocative cartoons offensive to Islam and Prophet Sidna Mohammed, affirming that freedom of expression cannot justify such acts insulting the Muslim religion, which has more than two billion followers across the world. In a press release issued Sunday, the foreign ministry of Morocco says it “condemns all […]
Gunmen attacked a mosque Sunday night in Quebec City killing six people and injuring eight others who were performing the evening prayer. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decried the attack, which he called a terrorist attack on Muslims. “We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims in a center of worship and refuge,” he said in […]
Morocco and Tanzania signed a cooperation agreement to reinforce religious training and spreading the values of moderation and tolerance of Islam. The agreement was signed on the occasion of the launch by the Moroccan monarch, who was on a three-day visit to Tanzania, of the construction works for a mosque in Dar es Salam. The […]
A new page has been opened in relations between Morocco and Nigeria after a period of tensions marking the mandate of the former Nigerian President Jonathan Good luck, who sidelined with the Polisario’s separatist thesis. A message sent by King Mohammed VI of Morocco to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on his country’s National Day shows […]
The Islamic State group’s adherents Wednesday celebrated the death of 14 people in a shooting in San Bernardino, California, by three gunmen calling the suspects “three lions.” American vocativ media published Thursday posts of IS supporters celebrating the killing of 14 people by three gunmen including a woman. Messages from the adherents flooded the web […]
Morocco’s King officially launched on Monday evening the Mohammed VI Foundation for African scholars tasked with boosting scientific and cultural reflection on Islam and spreading tolerant Islam in Africa. The foundation, which is part of Morocco’s strategy to fight extremism and religious fanaticism through spreading moderate Islam, is meant to foster coordination between all African […]
President Sisi has promised a reform to speed up judiciary procedures as part of a crackdown on extremists and terrorists. During the funeral ceremony of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat killed in a terror attack, President Sisi said “swift justice” will be introduced in order to free the judiciary’s hand for a“battle” the country is prepared to wage despite criticism […]
Can Africa rely on its own resources and capacities to hit its development targets? Until the few past years, nobody believed that Africans can really do it except Morocco which has always said it is doable. It seems that the North African nation loves to take up challenges. This Muslim, Arab & African country (US […]