British Muslims are negatively portrayed in media, according to an analysis conducted by the Muslim Council of Britain, the Guardian reports. The analysis shows that British news outlets tend to give a negative image of Islam and Muslims, which, according the Muslim body, «contributes to Islamophobia». The study found out that the United Kingdom's second-biggest-selling daily newspaper Daily Mail has «the most negative coverage of Islam». «78% of its stories
A video showing a woman wearing burka hijab and being «assaulted» by a group of men has went viral in India. Depicted as an incident that took place in the south Asian country, said video was shot in Morocco in 2015, according to a fact-checking article published Monday by The Quint, an Indian newspaper that tackles misinformation in media. Debunking claims suggesting that the «assault» targted a Muslim woman in India, the same source stated that after
In Niamey (Niger), Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita reassured Moroccans about the Kingdom’s new membership of the African Free Trade Agreement Area, joined by the Polisario Front. Joining AfCFTA should not be interpreted as an acknowledgement of an entity that threatens the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, Bourita said.
The court of first instance in Laayoune fined, Monday, Sahrawi activist Nezha Khalidi 4,000 dirhams for not having professional credentials to practice journalism, Spanish news agency EFE reports. The ruling was published on the court’s website, indicating that Khalidi, who is a member of pro-Polisario group Equipe Media, can retrieve her confiscated phone. Nezha Khalidi was arrested in December, 2018, for livestreaming on Facebook a street scene in Laayoune and denouncing
Minister of Youth and Sports Rachid Talbi Alami blamed, Monday, during a session at the House of Representatives the defeat of the Atlas Lions at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) on bad luck. «Like all Moroccans, we regret the fact that Morocco left the tournament», the Minister said. «The Royal Moroccan Football Federation has set up a technical committee to determine the reasons behind this exit», he added. «The national team was the best in
The Executive Council of the African Union adopted, Saturday, a decision urging the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to visit the Sahara. The decision comes ahead of an African Union troika meeting on the Western Sahara conflict.
Mohammed bin Zayed An Nahyan, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, received a phone call, Sunday, from King Mohammed VI. The Moroccan sovereign and Zayed Al Nahyan «discussed brotherly relations between the two countries and ways to develop them», the third son of the first President of the United Arab Emirates said on his Twitter account, adding that they addressed «issues of common
On Monday, several reports suggested that Atlas Lions' coach Hervé Renard would be leaving Morocco after the team was knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations, currently held in Egypt. According to Arabic-language daily Al Massae, a Royal Moroccan Football Federation «meeting» will decide fate of the French coach. This meeting will reportedly «announce a breakup with Renard whose contract with the Lions is to expire in 2022», the newspaper reported, recalling
Spanish news outlets have announced, last week, that the Sanchez government has granted €26 million to Morocco to manage irregular migration. This fund is allocated by the European Union and not Spanish taxpayers.
Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, expected to leave office in August, has ended up inviting the Polisario to the inauguration ceremony of Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, the Front’s news agency SPS reported on Sunday. The invitation was handed over by the Mauritanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh to the Front’s «Foreign Minister» Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, the same source says. The invitation sent to Polisario comes as «sources close to the
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