In Germany, beer mats with questions on Islam have been handed out to locals near Frankfurt to know more about the religion. However, the initiative, aimed at introducing locals to Islam, was dubbed culturally insensitive as it involves alcohol. According to the Local, the project entitled «Islam uff Hessisch» (Islam in the Hessian dialect) featured questions written in Hessian, a West Central German dialect of the German language. Launched by local association Freiburg
Formula 1 is currently discussing ways of holding a race in Morocco, its commercial chief Sean Bratches announced. «We have proactively been approached by Morocco and Marrakech to take a grand prix there», Bratches said, adding that «there is [in Morocco] a high degree of interest», BBC Sport reported on Thursday. Bratches revealed that Liberty Media, which owns F1, had to held a race in Africa. «We race on five continents and the last habitable continent that we
On Thursday, May 16, Algerian acting President Abdelkader Bensaleh received Morocco’s ambassador to Algiers Lahcen Abdelkhalek, who presented his credentials. Speaking to media, the Moroccan diplomat said that he conveyed to Bensaleh «the greetings of King Mohammed VI as well as his intention to work on strengthening relations between the two countries», reports APS. The successor of Abdelaziz Bouteflika has instructed the Moroccan ambassador to convey his
As a member of the Belgian Socialist party, Moroccan-Belgian Hassan Bousetta is running for European elections, schedueled for May 26. The university professor is third in the Socialist list. According to a press release sent Thursday to Yabiladi through a support committee backing Bousetta's candidacy. "We are at a crossroads in the building of the European Union. The rise of populism and extremism places Europe between two fundamental policy choices, either retract to conservatism or
Pro-Polisario NGO Adala UK sent an open letter to British company Biwater, criticizing the way in which it presented its projects in Laayoune. In the letter, published Tuesday, Adala UK said that it is aware of the fact that Biwater, which provides long-term sustainable water infrastructure solutions for communities, has been operating in the Sahara, through a tweet published on March the 29th. On Twitter Biwater announced that it was honored to «host Hamdi Ould Errachid,
Once again, Morocco has not shown support for Saudi Arabia, which said Tuesday that its oil facilities were attacked by explosive-laden drones launched by a Yemeni-armed movement.
A court in Sale postponed, Thursday, till 30 May the examination of the case of the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region, in which 24 individuals are prosecuted. According to AFP, one of the main accuses, namely Abdessamad Eljjoud was sentenced before for trying to join ISIS in Syria. Along with the other main suspects, Eljjoud is prosecuted for «promoting terrorism, forming a terrorist cell and premediated murder», the French news agency said. Speaking to
Six candidates will be running for presidential elections in Mauritania on June 22nd, as announced Wednesday. The list includes General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, from the Union for the Republic, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and Biram Dah Abeid, from the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement. Surprisingly, the name of Ahmed Ould Iyahi, the leader of the Mauritanian party People Progressive Alliance (APP), was not featured in the list that includes candidates running for
New York-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed the Moroccan authorities, Thursday in a statement, for «using a law designed to keep people from falsely claiming professional credentials to bring criminal charges against people trying to expose abuses». HRW referred to the case of Sahrawi woman Nezha Khalidi who was arrested in December, 2018, for livestreaming on Facebook a street scene in Laayoune and denouncing «repression». Khalidi, who is affiliated
Moroccans were among 636 irregular migrants held by the Turkish authorities, Wednesday, across the country, Turkish security sources told Anadolu Agency. A group of 565 migrants was held near the Turkish-Greek border, a source told the press agency. These migrants were mainly from Morocco, Palestine, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. A minibus which crashed in Edrine, in the northwest of Turkey, was carrying 16 migrants both Morocco and Algeria. 11 of these migrants were injured in
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