French Institutes in Morocco Closed For 3 Days
Rabat - French Institutes in Morocco will remain closed for 72 hours following the terrorist attacks that hit Paris on Friday night. French President François Hollande declared three days of national...
View ArticleFrance Launches Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria
New York - France has launched a ‘massive’ airstrike against the so-called Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) on Sunday evening. The French Defense Ministry told the Associated Press on Sunday that the...
View Article‘Rabat Is Paris’ Rally in Morocco November 20 to Honor Paris Victims
Rabat - Moroccans are invited to gather in a rally in Rabat and show their solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks that hit Paris on Friday. Moroccan Sortir Magazine, Rabat and its...
View ArticleFrench Politician Says Islam Has Nothing to Do With Paris Terrorist Attacks
New York - French politician, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, made some strong statements on French television on the way Islam is being blamed for the Paris terrorist attacks. During a special edition of the TV...
View ArticleMorocco Calls On Imams to Denounce Terrorism and Clarify Real Meaning of Jihad
Fez - After the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, killing 128 and wounding hundreds on Friday, Morocco’s Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs released a notice calling on imams in Morocco to...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc Tightens Security Measures After Paris Attacks
Rabat - Following the Paris terrorist attacks, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has decided to take a number of measures to tighten security at Moroccan airport and ensure the safety of travelers. As part of the...
View ArticleSpain Issues Arrest Warrant Against Benjamin Netanyahu
By Scheherazade Bloul Rabat - Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could risk arrest if he sets foot in Spain after a Spanish judge issued an arrest warrant for him and seven other former and...
View ArticleMorocco’s ONCF Unveils New Plan for School Holidays
Rabat - The Moroccan National Railways Office, ONCF has launched a new transportation plan to provide travelers with a smoother and more satisfying ride during school holidays. ONCF’s new strategy...
View ArticleDehumanization of Muslims: My Heart Could No Longer Be Quiet
New York - Many times I hold back my feelings and my opinions, but today I couldn’t keep quiet any longer, we can no longer keep dehumanizing Muslims. I read many articles, I write many others, and I...
View ArticleParis Attacks: French Professors Mourn Loss of Morocco’s Amine Ibnolmobarak
Rabat - Professors of the School of Architecture at ENSA Paris-Malaquais are mourning the loss of their former student, Morocco’s Amine IbnolMobarak who was killed in the terrorist attacks that rocked...
View ArticleAfter Paris Attacks Morocco Launches New Counterterrorism Plan
Rabat - The Moroccan government will implement a new counterterrorism plan to protect the country from any terrorism threat. The new plan will take effect immediately until the end of 2015. The...
View ArticleMahjoub Salek Says Human Rights Are Violated By The Polisario, Algeria
Rabat - Saharawi coordinator of the Khat al-Shahid, Mahjoub Salek, accused the Polisario and Algeria of violating human rights in the Tindouf camps, during a conference at Azilal, central Morocco last...
View ArticleMorocco Tenders for Mobile Satellite Licenses
Rabat - Morocco has launched a tender for Global Mobile for Personal Communication System (GMPCS) mobile satellite phone service licenses. A press release by Moroccan telecom regulator ANRT said that...
View ArticleVideo: Stray Cats Take the Main Stage Ahead Of G20 Summit
Taroudant - Despite the tight security measures at the event, three stray cats have broken into the main stage at the G20 summit in Antalya, stealing the spotlight from world leaders. Three cats...
View ArticleImams of France Call for Friday Prayer in Homage to Paris Victims
Rabat - The imam of the Great Mosque of Paris Dalil Boubaker urged all imams in France to take part in a Friday "solemn prayer" for the victims of Paris bombings that killed at least 129 and injured...
View ArticleParis Attacks: Sit-in in Casablanca in Solidarity with French People
Casablanca - Representatives of Moroccan political parties, artists, civil society activists, journalists and intellectuals took part, Sunday night in Casablanca, in a sit-in in solidarity with...
View ArticleTunisian Authorities Arrest Seven Women for Allegedly Spreading ISIS Propaganda
By Scheherazade Bloul Rabat - Seven women have been arrested in Tunisia for allegedly spreading ISIS propaganda, according to the Ministry of Interior. Authorities claim the women involved formed “a...
View ArticleICFLIX Producing Morrocan Filmaker’s Next Feature Film
By Cindy Basha Rabat - Acclaimed Moroccan director Noureddine Lakhmari will be working with the online streaming service ICFLIX to produce the feature film Burn Out. The film is ICFLIX's first...
View ArticleBurned Canadian Mosque Raises $110,548 in Record Time
Cindy Basha Rabat - The Canadian mosque that was attacked on November 14th, the Masjid Al-Salaam Mosque in Peterborough, has raised enough funds through online crowd funding to repair the subsequent...
View ArticleWe Would Live in Peace if Morocco’s Conception of Islam Were Applied...
Rabat - Former French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, lauded Morocco’s conception of Islam on Sunday. The French politician, who is currently the President of the Paris Institut du Monde Arabe, made...
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