To British playwright Aisha Zia, Islamophobia is the «biggest problem of our time». The woman is opening a gallery in the UK to fight against the phenomenon and enable Muslim artists to showcase their work, BBC reports. Located in Peterborough, a city in eastern England, the gallery is meant to be a «social platform», said Zia, who has been working on this project after quitting her job as a photo editor. «Islamophobia is everyone’s issue», Zia told
Brenton Tarrant, the self-declared white supremacist who killed 50 Muslim worshippers in one of New Zealand’s bloodiest terror attacks, has reportedly sent money to French nationalist movement Génération identitaire, AFP reports. In 2017, the Australian terrorist sent 2,200 euros to the far-right movement. According to German news platform DW, a police official from Germany’s investigative Federal Criminal Police Office «told parliamentarians that the
Greece’s first official mosque, which is currently under construction, will be led by a Moroccan imam, the National Herald reports. An administrative committee, assigned by the Greek government to run the mosque, chose Moroccan-born Zaki Mohammed to be an imam for the new mosque. The latter has been an imam «at one of the five makeshift prayer rooms in Athens», recognized by the Greek Education Minister Costas Gavroglou. The Moroccan imam was selected after a «panel
After a delegation from the Front was received by the Irish President in Dublin, Brahim Ghali and two of the Polisario’s members flew to Iceland. In Reykjavik, the separatist movement’s leader was received by the Icelandic Prime Minister.
In a letter addressed to the Moroccan Minister of Justice Mohamed Aujar, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) urged the Moroccan government to put an end to the «suffering» of Hirak leading figure, Nasser Zefzafi. Sent on April the 3rd, the letter signed by 24 MEPs and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, referred to the «situation of imprisoned activists of the Hirak», calling for the immediate release of all prisoners. Moreover, MEPs
After it was criticized by Moroccan billionaire Othman Benjelloun for its $1.1 billion deal with Saham, South African insurance company Sanlam said that it «is confident about the strength and sustainability of its partnership with», the Moroccan firm. In a statement relayed by Fin24, Thursday, Sanlam stressed that it «has been made aware of media reports referring to Mr. Othman Benjelloun’s comments about Sanlam’s acquisition of Saham Finances and other
The Republic of Colombia appointed, Tuesday, 2 April, diplomat and lawyer Maria del Pilar Gomez Valderrama as the country’s Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Morocco. The new ambassador has taken oath before Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez, the Colombian Foreign Affairs Ministry said on its website. Maria del Pilar Gómez Valderrama worked as consul general of Colombia in Brussels. She has worked as a diplomatic official at the Colombian Embassy in the
The US Department of State updated, Tuesday, its travel advisory, warning American citizens against heightened terror threat in Morocco. This update comes almost four months after two Scandinavian tourists were killed in a terror act in the Kingdom.
Earlier this week, two Muslim scholars’ associations slammed the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of Imams for hosting a performance that included a call to prayer and church songs. A similar show was staged in 2016 and in 2012 without being criticized.
Moroccan billionaire and CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa, Othman Benjelloun is not pleased with the $1.1 billion deal South African insurance company Sanlam concluded with the Kingdom’s Saham. Speaking to reporters, Tuesday, Benjelloun slammed the Moroccan insurance company for accepting the acquisition, citing the political positions of Pretoria which he see as «hostile» to Morocco, Bloomberg reports. «We end up with a South African investor, owning a company that was
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