From the Dutch Expatica, with thanks to Dutch Cares. AMSTERDAM “” Moroccan and Turkish groups in the Netherlands have set up a new action committee named “Genoeg is genoeg” (enough is enough) to organise a campaign against the Dutch government’s tough immigration and integration policies. The organisers are calling for a national demonstration on 17 […]
Imams, Rabbis call for synergies between religion and politics
The dhimmi forum we discussed here in January has become a “permanent committee. A broken-English article from Arabic News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: The Judeo-Muslim Permanent Committee, convened Tuesday in Marrakech, called for associating the political action to the efforts of the clergy to promote relations between Islam and Judaism. This meeting, meant to assess […]
Moroccan official: Those who blame Islam for tragic events are extremists’ aides
This kind of thinking is common: if you point out the Islamic bona fides of the terrorists, you are just helping the terrorists. But it is not actually true. The Islamic world has a massive problem; to ignore, deny, or sugarcoat is what actually helps the terrorists, because it does nothing to stop them from […]
Morocco Connection Is Emerging as Sleeper Threat in Terror War
Hamidou Laanigri New signs of increased activity from an emerging jihadist base in Morocco — leading to frustration with Europe’s lax anti-terror laws. From the New York Times, with thanks to Nicolei: Morocco has been among the West’s closest Arab allies and has long been instrumental in pursuing Arab-Israeli reconciliation. Although Moroccan and European officials […]
Islam, democracy, and dhimmitude in Morocco
Aziz Mekouar (Photo: The Washington Diplomat) Aziz Mekouar, the Moroccan ambassador to the United States, writes in today’s Washington Times of his country’s great strides with democracy. (Thanks to scooterdw.) The times in which we live serve to direct the attention of many of the world’s governments and people toward the Middle East. But the […]
Jihad in Morocco thwarted
“A court in Rabat sentenced 15 militants to 20 years in prison yesterday for plotting terrorist attacks while 26 other defendants were given jail terms ranging from two to 15 years, a judicial source said. Three of the 45 defendants in the so-called ‘Agadir terrorist cell’ were acquitted and another one was fined 3,000 dirhams […]