French President Emmanuel Macron paid a three-day state visit to Morocco from October 28 to October 30. The visit was meant to shore up French-Moroccan ties, in the hope of promoting the sale of French arms — airplanes, submarines — to the North African state. But in his speech before the Moroccan parliament on October […]
German government invests $8,500,000 in Moroccan ‘green mosques’
And they’re excited about “the project’s gender equality efforts.” Isn’t this swell? The green mosques in Morocco are going to stop preaching jihad, and will instead emphasize peaceful coexistence and mutual respect. Right? Won’t they? “Germany invests $8.5m in Morocco ‘green mosques.’” Middle East Monitor, October 27, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The […]
Israel Visitor to Morocco is Well-Treated and Has His ‘Faith in Humanity’ Restored
A young Israeli, Luiz Gandelman, recently visited Morocco, where he was well treated by Moroccan sellers of Judaica, and concluded that this benign treatment was enough to restore his “faith in humanity” and in “support [by whom?] for Israel.” I beg to differ. His paean of praise to Morocco, where crowds of protesters have since […]
Moroccan Writer Tahar Ben Jelloun Denounces Hamas, Other Moroccans Writers Denounce Him
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a celebrated Moroccan writer who writes all of his works in French. He lives in Paris where he is that peculiar thing, a “public intellectual.” He has been at times critical of, and at other times defensive about, Islam. Now he has come out with a scathing condemnation of Hamas for […]
Three Muslim migrants killed near Serbia-Hungary border, weapons seized, as migrant gun battles rage
Hungary built a wall at its border with Serbia and Croatia in 2015. The numbers of illegals has been rising, as the route through the Western Balkans into the EU becomes ever more well traveled. Many migrants are trying to get into Hungary. Gang wars have been raging along the Serbian border that saw three […]
Morocco: Former prime minister says earthquake was warning from Allah because of the sins of the people
This kind of thinking leads to an ever-spiraling fanaticism, and thus to jihad violence. If sin causes earthquakes, then one must avoid sin. If misfortune still comes, one must redouble one’s efforts to please Allah. The Qur’an teaches that if one’s good deeds outweigh one’s bad deeds on the “scales of justice for the Day […]
UN adopts Moroccan resolution against Qur’an burning; it isn’t consistent with free speech laws
There is a big problem with a reference contained in a Moroccan resolution over Qur’an burning that was adopted by the United Nations: The resolution strongly condemns all acts of violence perpetrated against individuals based on their religion or beliefs and the desecration of sacred texts, stressing that such behavior violates international law. Invoking the […]
Israel, Morocco, and the Ties That Bind
After Israel and four Arab states – the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan – agreed to join the Abraham Accords and to normalize ties, most of the world’s attention on the matter has been focused on the frenetic dealmaking between Israeli and Emirati businesses, with more than two billion dollars’ worth of trade deals made […]
Moroccan charity pledges $3,400,000 for ‘Palestine’ in 2023
There is actually no such thing as “Palestine.” Despite the usual emphasis on “charity” and “humanitarianism” from so many Islamic organizations, $600,000 of this money is going for “a new beginning to consolidate the place of Al-Quds and its religious and civilizational status.” That means that $600,000 from Bayt Mal Al-Quds will advance the Palestinian “resistance” […]
Tourism In Muslim Lands
In the run-up to the Morocco-France soccer match that was held on Dec. 14, a French tourist – an 82-year-old woman – was murdered in Morocco and her husband severely injured. A preliminary Jihad Watch report is here, and the full story is here: “French Tourist Killed In Morocco By ‘Unstable’ Man: Authorities,” Agence France […]