Rabat – Moroccans social users are disappointed at the behavior of a person believed to be Badr Hari, who appears physically assaulting the receptionist of a hotel. Many also are wondering whether the person that appears in the video is, in fact, Badr Hari, especially since the kickboxing champions is today in the Netherlands where […]
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Rabat - Moroccan kickboxing champion, Badr Hari, has been sentenced, to two years in prison.
On Thursday, Dutch media reported that an Amsterdam appellate court re-sentenced Moroccan kickboxing champion, Badr Hari, to a 24-month prison term, which will include a 10 month conditional probation period.
This prison term is for several acts of violence, including an assault on Dutch businessman Koen Everink that occurred in a skybox during the dance festival Sensation at the Amsterdam Arena in 2012.
Hari committed five violent assaults in a number of Amsterdam (what nightclubs between 2011 and 2012, including a grievous assault, two attempted aggravated assaults, and two assaults.
The court said in a statement that the professional kick boxer “misused his physical superiority” as an aggravating factor in his assaults.
Hari was sentenced last year to a year and a half in prison, six months of which conditionally suspended. Last month, the Moroccan Kick Boxing champion appeared in court in Amsterdam for the appeal against his sentence.
During the appeal, Hari apologized to his most recent victim, Koen Everink. The businessman had recently stated that he is still suffering physical and mental consequences of the assault.
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Rabat - Maroc Telecom reached 51 million customers by the end of September, 2015, an increase of 29% since last year.
This growth was largely due to the integration of six new African subsidiaries into the Group since January 26, 2015, Maroc Telecom explained in a communiqué.
In Morocco, the group’s customers of mobile users grew to 18.8million, an increase of 1% in one year. Prepaid plan users increased by 1.8% despite the legal prohibition against selling prepaid SIM cards, while the growth of postpaid card, a mobile phone for which service is provided by a prior arrangement with a mobile network, is on the rise with an increase of 11.8%.
Mobile Internet growth jumped to 44.5% in one year, driven by the launching of 4G+ in July, attracting 6.4 million new customers by the end of September.
Land line phones accounted for more than 1.5 million lines by the end of September, or 6.8%, driven by the residential segment which was increased to 9.7 according to the same source.
The Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) customer base grew by 15.5%, reaching 1.1 million subscriptions.
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Rabat - Morocco’s Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane, expressed his complete disapproval of the decision made by the Maroc Culture Association to invite Jennifer Lopez to the 14th Mawazine Festival.
During a special live broadcast on Moroccan TV channel Medi1 TV on Thursday, a journalist asked Benkirane his thoughts regarding the decision of Morocco’s High Authority for Audio-visual Communication, known by its French acronym HACA, to refuse his request to take legal action against Moroccan TV channel 2M for broadcasting Jennifer Lopez’s concert live.
The head of the coalition government said it was a “disgrace” to invite the American star and broadcast her concert live on public television.
JLo’s performance at the opening ceremony of the 14th Mawazine Festival, last May 29, stirred an uproar as the American star appeared scantily clad on stage.
Her performance was deemed as an “insult” to Morocco’s traditions and religious values by a large number of Moroccans, who took to social media to vent their anger.
Morocco’s Prime Minister was quick to react to the controversy caused by the performance, pointing out that the New Yorker artist’s concert contained “sexually suggestive” scenes.
In June, the head of the government sent a letter to the HACA, urging it to take legal action against 2M.
Benkirane considered the broadcast of the concert “a blatant violation of the Moroccan Constitution, of audiovisual legislation, and legal provisions related to the company SOREAD 2M.”
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Rabat - The Moroccan government is planning to get rid of plastic bags, which are massively used by consumers.
Mustapha El Khalfi, Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson, announced the introduction of a law that aims to eliminate all plastic bags from use in the Moroccan market.
According to Telquel, the Government Council adopted a bill banning the use, production, and import of plastic bags at a session on Thursday, October 29, in Rabat.
The text was presented by Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry, and will soon be discussed by Parliament before being put into force.
"It is a great challenge to protect the environment, health, soil, and livestock," the same source quoted Elkhalfi as saying, in a press conference.
The Minister added that Morocco, which is "the second country in the world where one finds the most plastic bags, " will adopt a law "banning the production, use, distribution, sale, and import of plastic bags" all over the country.
The Minister said that the government will look for an alternative to replace plastic bags in a way that will protect the environment but also help the industrial sector.
“For now, it is unclear what will replace these bags,” the same source added, but the government planned to hold a "national initiative to collect plastic bags" and replace them by another environmentally-friendly product.
Plastic bags can take 1,000 years to degrade, and can appear as a blight on the countryside, imposing a real threat to the environment and livestock.
According to a study cited by the Telegraph, “when seabirds, sea mammals, or fish ingest plastic particles, blocking of the gut is likely to harm or even kill the organism.”
A few years ago, Morocco had prohibited the use of black plastic bags for health and environmental reasons.
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Rabat - Kabylie's Provisional Government issued a message of gratitude to Morocco for supporting the self-determination of the Kabylie people during the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.
Founder and President of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie Ferhat Mehenni signed the statement of gratitude, which was released on October 28. He also urged other countries to follow Morocco’s example, according to Le360 news website.
The Kabylie are a Berber people in northern Algeria. They have been at odds with Algeria’s government since independence.
"The Anavad [Kabylie in exile] address, on behalf of Kabylie, thanks the Kingdom of Morocco and its people headed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI," the statement noted.
"Anavad welcomes this courageous statement full of wisdom and lucidity. Solidarity that comes from Morocco to testify for the Kabyle people is of great depth and an unrivaled historic significance for the future of Kabylie," Mehenni expressed in the message.
According to the same report, the Provisional Government of Kabylie is preparing to demand the United Nations recognize their right to self-determination within the next year, and encouraged other countries through the statement to join in their plea.
On October 27, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Abderrazzak Laassel, said, “it is deplorable that the legitimate aspirations of Kabylie’s native people are muzzled, their human rights are breached on a daily basis and their legitimate representatives and leaders are persecuted and exiled.”
The Kabyle are a strong “eight million people with 9,000 years of existence,” entitled to their “autonomy” and “the recognition of their cultural and linguistic identity,” Laassel told the UN member states.
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Rabat - A Russian passenger plane crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, with more than 200 people on board, Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail said.
The Airbus A-321 crashed into the Sinai desert in northern Egypt, after leaving the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Egyptian security forces have reportedly said that they heard voices inside the wrecked fuselage of the Russian passenger jet, found in the Hasana area.
The same source said that the plane’s "black box" and the bodies of about 100 victims have been removed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a rescue team to be sent to the crash site, and the opening of an official investigation.
While the causes of the crash have not yet been identified, Russian media outlets say that the pilot reported technical problems and requested a landing at the nearest airport before the plane went missing.
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Rabat - Morocco’s national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and the Ministry of Transportation announced their plan to reach 70 million passengers by 2030, at a summit meeting in Marrakech.
Moroccan Transportation Minister Aziz Rabbah and RAM officials revealed their transport plans at the seventh meeting of the International Air Promotion Group (APG) in the Red City, in the presence of 180 invited global airlines, according to L’Economiste.
Minister Rabbah pointed out the recent increase in the development of Moroccan infrastructures, mainly the construction of new airports, such as the future Marrakech airport in Sid Zouine.
During the summit, the “airport diagram 2030” was discussed, which is expected to relieve the danger in oversaturation of airport platforms in the country.
“We have already enrolled in a hypothesis of rapid traffic growth. In 10 years, we went from 7 to 17 million passengers and our goal is to reach 70 million,” Minister Rabbah said.
The APG’s seventh meeting will also award a prize to the best airline voted by a hundred different countries where APG has airline partners.
According to the same source, Morocco’s air supply is not sufficiently developed to successfully meet the objectives of the project called “Vision 2020,” which aims to attract 20 million tourists by 2020.
Founded in 1991, Air Promotion Group is an airlines distribution intermediary, representing 175 companies.
According to the same source, APG Morocco was created six years ago generating an additional MAD 100 million income to RAM, and it expects to reach MAD 500 million within the next three years.
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According to H24, the General Directorate of National Security said in a statement on Friday that one of the defendants, a Mexican, was arrested on the scene after seizing a plastic suitcase that an agent of a money transfer company had deposited. The suitcase contained over $2,000.
The same source said that the other accomplices managed to flee before they were arrested while trying to leave the country.
"The intense police investigations and the transmission of an international arrest warrant against other accomplices led to the arrest on the same day of two Brazilians aged 41 and 34 respectively while trying to leave the country at the Port of Tangier-Med," the statement said.
The suspects have been placed in custody pending the completion of the investigation under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor.
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There has been a social media craze over CR7’s visits to Marrakech and Agadir this October. Pictures of the Real Madrid star and the Moroccan kickboxer enjoying their time and friendship together in Morocco have gone viral.
The two superstars’ friendship has been made public through the athletes’ personal Twitter accounts, where they both have posted photos captioning their close relationship.
However, according to “Le Journaliste Marocain” blog, Mehdi Benkirane, a Moroccan journalist, informed the website that contrary to popular belief, Ronaldo was not a guest of Badr Hari in Morocco, but a guest of a man named Ouzifi Anis.
Ouzifi Anis, a 27-year-old agent for Moroccan athletes “accredited” by the FIFA who lives in Spain and is a close friend of the former Barcelona star and many international players, allegedly invited Ronaldo to Morocco twice, the same source said.
“Badr Hari was simply a guest of Anis, as was Cristiano Ronaldo. He had nothing to do with Cristiano’s trips to Morocco,” Benkirane revealed to the Moroccan blogspot in a phone conversation.
The journalist also identified Anis in many of Cristiano and Badr’s photos of their Moroccan getaways, implying that the Moroccan kickboxer had allegedly deceived his fans by captioning the pictures to suggest that he was the one who had hosted Ronaldo.
Interestingly, the news comes the same day that Morocco’s ‘Golden Boy’ was sentenced to two years in jail in the Netherlands on several counts of assault.
The same surfaced a surveillance video on their YouTube channel showing Badr Hari slapping the receptionist of Sofitel hotel in Casablanca.
Earlier this month, the Spanish press reacted negatively toward Ronaldo and Hari’s friendship calling it controversial, citing Moroccan problems with Dutch justice.
Could it be that the international press cannot come to terms and accept the friendship between these two celebrities? Is it coincidence or manipulation? Was Hari boasting online about his closeness with CR7 through their photos? Why haven’t the Portuguese denied it? Judge for yourself!
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The report measures each country’s business climate for how easy it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations using a number of different criteria.
Morocco’s strengths in doing business
Starting a Business: The report looks at the procedures officially required for an entrepreneur to formally operate an industrial or commercial business, as well as the time and cost to complete these procedures and the paid in minimum capital requirement.
Globally, Morocco stands at 43 in the ranking of 189 economies on ease of starting a business. Regionally, Morocco ranks ahead of Spain 82; Egypt 73; Tunisia 103 and Algeria 145.
Morocco has made starting a business easier by eliminating the need to file a declaration of business incorporation with the Ministry of Labor, the report highlighted.
Dealing with Construction Permits: This criterion assesses procedures required for a business in the construction industry to build a warehouse along with the time and cost to complete each procedure.
Globally, Morocco stands at 29 in the ranking of 189 economies on the ease of dealing with construction permits. Regionally, it ranks ahead of France 40; Tunisia 57; Spain 101 and Algeria 122.
However, Morocco has made dealing with construction permits more difficult by requiring architects to submit the building permit request online, along with supporting documents, and to follow up with a hard-copy submission. On the other hand, Morocco reduced the time required to obtain an urban certificate, the report underlined.
Paying taxes: The report evaluates taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay in a given year, as well as measures the administrative burden of paying taxes and contributions.
Globally, Morocco stands at 62 in the ranking of 189 economies on the ease of paying taxes. Regionally, it ranks ahead of Tunisia 81 and France 87.
On one hand, according to the report, Morocco has made paying taxes easier for companies by improving the electronic platform for filing and paying corporate income tax, VAT and labor taxes. On the other hand, Morocco has increased the rate of the social charge paid by employers.
Getting Electricity: With respect to procedures required for a local business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the time and cost to complete them, Morocco stands at 55 in the ranking of 189 economies. Regionally, it ranks before Spain 74, Egypt 144, and Algeria 130. The national public utility in Morocco has reduced the time required for getting an electricity connection by providing fee estimates more quickly.
Registering Property: Regarding procedures necessary for a business to purchase property from another business and transfer the property title to the buyer’s name, Morocco stands at 76 in the ranking of 189 economies. Regionally, it ranks ahead of France 85, Tunisia 86, and Egypt 111. Morocco has made property transfers faster by establishing electronic communication links between different tax authorities.
Trading Across Borders : Globally, Morocco stands at 102 in the ranking of 189 economies with respect to the time and cost (excluding tariffs) associated with three sets of procedures—documentary compliance, border compliance and domestic transport—within the overall process of exporting or importing a shipment of goods.
Regionally, Morocco ranks behind Spain 1, France 1, and Tunisia 91. The report highlighted that Morocco has made trading across borders easier by reducing the number of export documents required.
Enforcing Contracts: Globally, Morocco stands at 59 in the ranking of 189 economies with respect to the time and cost for resolving a standardized commercial dispute through a local first-instance court. Regionally, Morocco is at number 1 in North Africa.
Morocco’s weaknesses in doing business
Getting Credit: With respect to sharing of credit information and legal rights of borrowers and lenders for secured transactions, Morocco’s economy scores lower than its peers. Ranking 109 in the ranking of 189, Morocco came in after Spain 59, France 79 and Egypt 79.
Protecting Minority Investors: With regard to protection of minority investors from conflicts of interest and shareholders’ rights in corporate governance, Morocco stands at 105 out of 189. Despite Morocco’s strengthened investor protections allowing minority shareholders to obtain non-confidential corporate documents during trial, Morocco still ranks low compared to other, according to the report.
Resolving Insolvency: Globally, Morocco stands at 130 with respect to resolving insolvency issues. . Regionally, it ranks well behind Spain 25, Tunisia 57, Algeria 73, and Egypt 119. Resolving insolvency in Morocco takes about three and half years on average and costs 18.00% of the debtor’s estate, with the most likely outcome being that the company will be sold piecemeal.
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During the TV show Envoyé Spécial,” broadcast on France 2 channel on Thursday, Ménard, claimed that having kébab eateries in Béziers is “against France’s historical traditions,” adding that he would oppose the launch of any more of these shops.
“We are in a country of Judeo-Christian tradition. It’s hard for some, but we must do it,” the Mayor stressed.
The French mayor took the occasion to show his disagreement with the surge of immigrants in France, which he equates with the proliferation of kébab restaurants.
“At some point, too much is too much. When there are too many immigrants in a country, it’s too many immigrants. At one point, in the food sector, in the restaurant field, I find that too many kebabs, it’s too much,” he said.
Ménard further demonstrated his anti-kébab and anti-immigrant thought on Twitter, saying: “I assume, I don’t want #Béziers to become the capital of #kebab. These businesses have nothing to do with our culture!”
Béziers is home to twenty kébab eateries, which according to former president of Reporters without Borders “threaten” the French culture.
The town, located in Languedoc in south of France, is one of the oldest cities in France with a population of nearly 72,000.
The town’s history is related to the “Massacre at Béziers” in 1209 when the Crusaders sacked, slaughtered and burned the city for being Cathars (heretics as called by the Catholic Church), a fact that shows the city is far from having a “Judeo-Christian tradition”.
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The North African country ranked in the top ten among 42 countries studied by the investment consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield, known worldwide for its expertise in the real estate business.
Morocco ranked eighth in the list of top emerging markets in the world, according to the real estate firm’s "Emerging and Frontier Markets 2015” report.
Casablanca, Morocco’s economic capital, is “reasonably well developed, with the city center and Sidi Maarouf the principal submarkets,” Cushman & Wakefield said, adding that “there are a number of locations throughout the city that are also emerging.”
Both Casablanca and Rabat have an oversupply of office rental space available, the same report noted.
In Rabat, “a number of vacant real estate projects have been recently completed, adding large volumes of space to the market and creating a downward pressure on rental values,” according to the consulting firm.
“Casablanca, however, has witnessed greater stability in rents, with supply levels more contained,” the company added.
The report said that Morocco’s supply and demand of real estate has been re-balanced, mainly due to the completion of large office projects, forcing landlords to increase tenant incentive packages, mostly in Rabat.
“Emerging and Frontier Markets 2015” also listed Morocco’s main industries where the country excels: phosphate mining and processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, energy, and tourism.
The top ten list of emerging markets with the lowest risk to invest in real estate are: Botswana, Uruguay, South Africa, Ghana, Turkey, the UAE, Panama, Morocco, Indonesia, and Tunisia.
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The radical group ISIS took on to Twitter to publicly claim responsibility for shooting down the Russian aircraft.
“Soldiers of the Caliphate were able to bring down a Russian plane in the Sinai province carrying more than 220 passengers who were all killed,” the statement of the extremist group said.
According to the ISIS tweet by its affiliate group Welayat Sinai, they allegedly shot down the aircraft it as a vengeful move, acting in retaliation to the Russian intervention in Syria.
“As you kill, you will be killed,” Welayat Sinai said implying their revenge against Russia, adding that “those who ally with them [Russians]” are not safe either on Egyptian territory or air space.
However, Egyptian authorities have denied the extremist group’s claims saying there is no evidence of the alleged terrorist attack as the aircraft’s altitude was too high for any missile to reach it, prior to its descent.
Russian Minister of Transportation told Australian News Network that ISIS claims “can’t be considered accurate”.
Although the cause of the crash has not been determined at the time of writing, Pilot Ayman Al-Mokamed who is in charge of the investigation said the plane crashed due to “technical difficulties”.
Flightradar24 tweeted that the “flight #7K9268 was descending with about 6000 feet per minute just before signal was lost”.
The Airbus A-321 crashed into the Sinai desert in northern Egypt, 23 minutes after leaving the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg, according to the Russian Embassy in Cairo.
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After Maroc Telecom, the third national operator Wana, owned by the Royal Holding SNI (Société Nationale d'Investissement), is trying to become dominant in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is competing to gain a license in Ivory Cost, according to Jeune Afrique magazine.
Ivory Cost has launched tender for a fourth license, alongside Orange, MTN, and Moov.
Wana explained that taking part in this tender marks the start of the company’s interest for the African continent, according to Telquel.ma.
“Responding to this call of expression of interest shows our willingness to invest in Africa. It also means that we are quite developed in Morocco and that we are able to invest in Africa,” the group’s manager of public relations Lamia Amsaguine said according to Telquel.ma.
The Moroccan operator "will not hesitate to appear in other countries on the continent when offers are interesting,“ she added.
The Ivorian telecommunications regulatory authority is due to provide a list of three names retained after the presidential election.
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According to Le360, citing security sources, the young man narrowly survived setting himself on fire to protest his father’s refusal to allow him to marry the woman he loves.
The young man, who is currently under emergency care in Ibn Rushd Hospital in Casablanca, is reportedly still alive with third-degree burns on the face, head, and chest.
The victim is originally from Douar Ouled Brik in Sidi El Mekki, a rural commune in the Settat Province near Casablanca.
The same source said that the man was living with his girlfriend, who is a divorced woman and a mother of three children.
He decided to put an end to their illegal relationship and marry her, but his father categorically refused, which left him with no other options but to commit suicide in a vivid manner.
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Taroudante - Morocco is planning to build vive major news ports by the 2030 in an attempt to boost infrastructure.
The Oxford Business Group (OBG), a global publishing, research, and consultancy firm, said that Morocco has “the right ingredients for future growth,” pushing ahead with the country’s effort “to dramatically improve and expand its regional port infrastructure.”
In its 2015 report, the Oxford Business Group discussed Morocco’s strategy to build new ports in an attempt to drive regional economic development.
In its strategy to spur wider economic growth and improve trade, Morocco plans to construct five major new ports by the end of 2030.
Under the framework of the “Stratégie Nationale Portuaire 2030,” launched in late 2012, Morocco aims to expand the number and improve the efficacy of its ports, which will enable it to enhance trade with its key trade partners and place itself as an economic gate to the African continent.
The same source said that Morocco is “investing substantially in its port infrastructure,” as “around 98% of Morocco’s external trade currently takes place via ports – equivalent to more than 100m tons per year,” with maritime ties between the country and its economic partners growing significantly.
“The strategy, which includes upgrades of associated logistics and industrial hubs, seeks to build major new port facilities at Nador, Kenitra, and Dakhla, as well as commodity-focused ports in Safi and Jorf Lasfar, in part to help facilitate the development of existing industries and comparative advantages in the surrounding regions,” OBG reported.
The Group said that Morocco’s port strategy will enable the country to develop its industrial sector and make it superior to its neighbors in attracting foreign investment.
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“I am not the humblest person in the world, I admit that. I am not fake. But in one way I am very humble. I like to learn,” Ronlado said in an up close and personal interview with English magazine The Times.
The third richest athlete in the world also talked about what he thinks about his “haters”. The real Madrid star that people who always criticize him give him more motivation to work harder and improve.
"I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me. When I go to play away, they are always against me, but it's good. You have to see the good things from the haters. I need the enemy. It is part of the business,” Ronaldo said.
The football superstar said that he grew used to this situation: “They start screaming when I touch the ball. It had started already when I was 18 or 19. It is not a problem for me.”
According to the same source, the former Manchester United player took the occasion to speak up about a very touching moment in his life – the death of his alcoholic father – and how Coach Alex Ferguson understood his sorrow.
"When my daddy was dying, he was in a hospital in London, and it was not good. I said to Ferguson, 'Coach, I want to go.' It was a crucial moment of the season. But Ferguson said, 'Football doesn't mean anything compared with your dad. If you want to go, go.' I will always appreciate that,” he said.
CR7 is regarded as having one of the best personalities in the football world, always smiling, working for charities, and close to his fans.
His recent trips to Morocco and the way in which he behaved and expressed his love for the country, stole the heart of many Moroccans.
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Following the controversy caused by Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), which has urged the government to reform the family code in a way that guarantees equality between men and women concerning inheritance, Abdel Bari Zamzami recently called on parents to divide their wealth equally amongst their children before they die.
According to Hespress, citing the Moroccan weekly Al Ayam, the preacher said “the only religiously-permissible way out of this problem is that parents give equal shares to their sons and daughters without leaving behind any property that will take the path of inheritance.”
The same source added that the Moroccan preacher said that Islam is calling for “equality between sons and daughters in terms of giving,” unlike the case of inheritance, which states that the male should get a portion equal to that of two females.
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council recently said that equality is still a long way off in Morocco, and much of the old order remains untouched, including the inheritance law section of the family code.
In its report released last month under the title “Preserve the Constitutional Aims and Objectives and Make them Effective,” the Council stressed that women should receive the same inheritance as men, in accordance with the 2011 Constitution, whose Article 19 clearly calls for the implementation of gender equality.
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With 95 percent of the votes counted, the AKP was at 49.5 percent of the votes, followed by its main opposition CHP at 25.2 percent, TRT revealed.
A Parliament win by the AK Party means the recovery of a single-party government maintained since 2002, disrupted by the AKP’s electoral loss of overall majority last June.
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan could be on his way to regaining stability of a country in the midst of major economic issues, the Kurdish insurrection and internal bloodshed bombings that killed over 130 people.
"It is obvious in today's election how beneficial stability is for our nation and today our citizens will make their choice based on this," President Erdogan told the press after voting in Istanbul.
Senior AKP officials emphasized their joy for the results, since the party had only expected to garner 45-46 percent of the votes to form a single-party government.
“This is a success exceeding our expectations,” an AKP official said, according to Reuters.
"Turkey lost considerable ground in economy, politics and terror during this period, and gains were lost. Voters appeared to want to bring back stability once again," another AKP official stressed.
Expressing the country’s need for peace and freedom, leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP Selahattin Demirtas whose party stepped back from the campaign election, said after voting on Sunday, "What all Turkey wants and needs more than anything is peace and calm.”
The AKP could have a challenging time with a deeply polarized Turkey, which citizens are divided between the return of single-party rule seen by some as authoritarianism, or the formation of coalition.
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