UK counter-radicalization unit targets French Muslims as part of its propaganda campaign

A British government organization known for producing strategic communication to fight against extremist propaganda in the UK, is targeting French Muslims. Quoting documents related to the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), London-based online news outlet Middle East Eye revealed that the body in question has «awarded a contract to a consortium of communications companies» to operate in France. The objectives set by these communications companies is to

Facebook to toughen livestream rules after the Christchurch terror attacks

Two months after an Australian man opened fire on Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, live-streaming his terror attack on Facebook, the social network company announced that it is imposing firm rules on the feature, CNN Business said. The new rules will be implemented on Wednesday, May 15th, and users who break them will be banned from Facebook for a period of 30 days, the newspaper wrote. Offenders will also be banned from purchasing ads on the platform. These

Teddy Riner, King Mohammed VI, Qatar's Emir and Paris-Saint-Germain’s new judo section

In a new investigation published Tuesday, French newspaper Mediapart revealed that in 2017 King Mohammed had allegedly helped his friend, French judoka Teddy Riner, get recruited by Paris Saint-Germain. Reportedly, the Qatari Emir intervened to create an exclusive judo section for the athlete.

The parents of Moroccan teen killed in Dublin say they want «privacy to grieve as a family»

The family of Azzam Raguragui, a Moroccan teenager who was stabbed to death Friday at a Park in Dublin’s suburbs in Ireland, said that they rest faith in the Irish justice system to hold the perpetrators to account, Irish Examiner reports. In a statement issued through Gardai (Irish police), Abderrahmane Raguragui and Hajiba Elouaddaf said that the police «are leading in the investigation to uncover the truth behind [their] son Azzam Raguragui’s murder». The Moroccan

Sahara : Morocco and Algeria clash at another Pan-African Parliament session in South Africa

In Midrand, MPs form Morocco and Algeria clashed during a Pan-African Parliament session held Monday. The session focused on the African Union’s 2019 theme of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people in the continent.

China promotes its tea through a conference in Morocco

A conference to promote Chinese tea production in the Kingdom was held, Monday, in Casablanca and was attended by government officials and tea merchants, Chinese international English-language news channel CGTN reported. The Hunan Tea Promotion Conference, named after one of the largest tea production provinces in China, was attended by Hunan Province’s vice governor Sui Zhongcheng. The latter hoped that «tea merchants from Hunan and Morocco will know each other via the conference

Amid war against Muslim congresswomen Donald Trump hosts his second iftar dinner

US President Donald Trump hosted, Monday at the White House, his second iftar dinner, an annual reception held to celebrate the month of Ramadan. Inviting a number of Muslim diplomatic leaders, Trump said during the dinner that it has «been a very rough time» on Muslims around the world, ABC News reports. The American president made mention of the terror attacks that targeted Muslims in New Zealand and which took the lives of 51 Muslim worshippers. «In their blessed memory,

EON Reality to launch a series of Interactive Digital Centers in Morocco

American multinational virtual reality and augmented reality software developer EON Reality has teamed up with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch the first Interactive Digital Center (IDC) in Morocco, Intelligence CIO reported. The new Interactive Digital Center, located in Mohammed VI Polytechnic University’s campus in Ben Guerir, is set to «provide Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR) technology, solutions, and products to Morocco’s

Resolution 2468 : Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita summoned by a parliament committee

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita is expected to attend, Tuesday, a session at the House of Representatives. The Minister is summoned by the Foreign Affairs Committee to present the «latest developments of the Sahara conflict», Arabic-language daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribiya reported on Monday. For the record, resolution 2468 on the Sahara was adopted on April the 30th by the United Nations Security Council, extending the MINURSO’s

Dutch-Moroccans celebrate 50 years of immigration through a moving exhibition

In 1969, Morocco and the Netherlands signed a bilateral treaty for the recruitment of guest workers. Through a moving exhibition, the Moroccan community in Holland celebrates the fights and achievements of these guest workers, who did not return home.