Police investigate a California mosque fire after finding a New Zealand attack note

After a California mosque caught fire, Sunday, police announced that they are investigating the possibility of an arson and a hate crime, the Guardian reports. Police said that they found fresh graffiti near the mosque, referring to the Christchurch terror attacks. Firefighters were notified on Sunday night after a «fire blackened an outside wall» of the Islamic Center of Escondido, in San Diego, local media outlets reported. No one was injured in the fire, but morning prayer in

Morocco purchases 25 F-16 and upgrades 23 others for $4.772 billion

The US Department of State approved, in March, the possible sale of foreign military sale to Morocco of F-16C/D Block 72 aircraft for an estimated cost of $3.787 billion, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency revealed in a document published Monday. The Kingdom has also purchased related equipment in a sale that the Congress was notified about on March the 22nd. According to the same source, the Moroccan government has requested to purchase twenty-nine engines (Pratt & Whitney

A French Muslim council sues Facebook and Youtube for broadcasting the Christchurch’ video

The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced, Monday, that it filed a complaint against Facebook and Youtube for broadcasting the graphic video, filmed and published by the Australian terrorist who killed 50 people and injured 50 others in New Zealand’s bloodiest terror attack. CFCM said that the two platforms «broadcasted a message with violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a

Western Sahara : The Marrakech conference supports the UN-led process and the AU Troika

The African Ministerial conference held, Monday, in Marrakech adopted a final declaration at the end of the meeting, attended by 36 African delegations. The document signed by the African representatives who attended the meeting agreed to implement the vision set by the 31st African Union summit, held on 1 and 2 July 2018 in Nouakchott. Attendees, welcomed the «adoption of resolution 693», which urged the continental organization to delete reference to Western Sahara in the AU

Sahara : SADC member states torn between a Polisario conference and a Marrakech meeting

As Marrakech is hosting an African meeting on the Western Sahara conflict, Pretoria chairs a SADC conference to support the Polisario. Some African countries have decided to send delegations to both Morocco and South Africa, trying to please both parties.

A Dutch Ministry hails a school for suspending a teacher who insulted Prophet Mohammed

Dutch Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media Arie Slob has said that the suspension of the teacher who insulted Prophet Mohammed is «understandable», Dutch daily De Volkskrant reports. In a written parliamentary response, the minister stated that «an inspection commission visited the school after the suspension and addressed the board of directors, management, teachers, and students». According to the same source, the commission that

Christchurch terror attacks : New Zealand launches a top-level inquiry

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered, Monday, a top-level inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks that killed 50 people and injured others, BBC reports. Ardern announced that a royal commission, the highest independent inquiry in New Zealand, will have to determine how a single terrorist carried the country’s bloodiest terror attacks, on March the 15th. «It is important that no stone is left unturned to get to how this act of terrorism occurred

The account of a Moroccan ISIS member who was about to meet Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan

Abu Mansour al Maghrebi joined ISIS in 2013, where he served as a clerk that dealt with international affairs. Between 2015 and 2016 he became a «diplomat» for ISIS and was about to meet Tayyip Erdogan.

Facebook refuses to remove neo-Nazi and white supremacist content, a report says

American online social media Facebook has refused to take down the content of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups on its platform, reports British newspaper the Independent. Citing a Counter Extremism Project report, the same source indicates that Facebook has allowed these anti-Islam, homophobic and racist pages to freely publish content that was reported by several users for being «offensive». Responding to reports, the social media platform said that these groups did not

Morocco’s federation has demanded an answer as to why Messi won't play against the Atlas Lions

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation has asked for an explanation, after knowing that Argentina’s best player is not participating to the friendly scheduled Tuesday, against the Atlas Lions, reports sports platform Sport. On Sunday and in a statement relayed by MAP news agency, the Moroccan Federation announced that it had been officially informed by the match agent that Messi's absence was due to injury on Friday 22 March during the friendly match against Venezuela, which forced