Muslim Executive of Belgium reacts to students dressed as Muslims with «explosive belts»

After students at the Catholic school of Melle, in Belgium, dressed as Muslims wearing «explosive belts», the Muslim Executive of Belgium reacted to the «controversial» celebration, complaining to the Inter-federal Anti-Discrimination Institution (UNIA), reports Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure. The executive, which represents the Muslim community in Belgium sought the head of the Catholic Education Flanders, says the same source, stressing that «these actions

Netherlands : Two young people arrested after a mob attacked a Moroccan family

Dutch police, in a village called Urk (central Netheralnds), arrested, Tuesday, two young men who have attacked the house of Dutch-Moroccan family, reports Dutch News. The arrestees, aged 18 and 21, are accused of storming the house of the Boukhizzou family alongside a mob and slightly injuring the 36-year-old mother, her son Soufyan and her daughter. According to the same source, the group of youngsters were involved in riotous actions on the same day, before the police restored order

Sahara : Morocco prepares for Geneva's second round-table

Morocco is preparing for the second round-table on Western Sahara, to be held on the 21st and 22nd of March in Geneva. «Presidents of the Laayoune-Saguia Al Hamra regions, Sidi Ould Errechid and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, Ynja Khattat were reportedly summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to attend a meeting in Rabat to prepare for the second round-table with Horst Köhler and representatives from Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario», a

French museum Musée Grévin unveils King Mohammed VI’s new wax statue

The Paris wax museum, Musée Grévin, was recently renovated, updating the wax figures of some celebrities and politicians. According Facebook page Discovery Morocco, the wax statue of King Mohammed VI was one of the figures that were changed this year at the museum. King Mohammed VI's former wax figure at the Musée Grévin in Paris, France./Ph. DR The Moroccan king’s statue, wears a grey suit, black tie and a white shirt. It was placed near the one of

Isaac de Razilly, when a member of the French navy blockaded Rabat and Salé

In 1629, French navy member Isaac de Razilly sailed to Morocco to free Christian subjects, enslaved by Rabat and Salé’s corsairs. Razilly blockaded the two cities, leading to a civil war that weakened the country’s pirates.

US : A Muslim immigrant denied green card application and forced to eat pork sandwiches

A Muslim immigrant was denied a green card application by the United States, reports the Independent. The decision was taken after the man, who married an US citizen, was detained at Border Patrol checkpoint in Texas, where he was served pork sandwiches only. For more than six days, the Muslim man was forced to eat pork, which is restricted in Islam. Although Adnan Asif Parveen had a work permit allowing him to work legally in the United States, while his application for a green card was

Hassan II University remembers the Moroccan professor killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash

On Tuesday morning, the Faculty of sciences and technologies at Hassan II University in Casablanca rendered homage to El Hassan Essayouti, a nuclear physics professor who worked at the institution. Essayouti is one of the 157 passengers who died Sunday, after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During this occasion, the professor’s former colleagues remembered him through the speech of the university’s dean. Rachida Roky, a biology

Ethiopian Airlines crash : One of the Moroccan victims died on his birthday

One of the two Moroccan nationals who were killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday, died on the same day as his birthday, reports Gulf News which made a list of the Arab victims on board the ill-fated Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max 8. The victim is the Moroccan official at the Ministry of Energy and Ecologist Ben Ahmed Chihab. The latter was attending an UN-backed panel on the Convention on Biodiversity, flying to Nairobi on his birthday : 10th of March. «On his official Facebook

Boeing to deploy a software upgrade to the 737 Max 8 following the Ethiopian Airlines crash

Shortly after the Ethiopian Airlines crash took place, American aircraft manufacturing company announced, Monday, that it would update software in the 737 Max 8 involved in the tragedy. The decision was taken after the Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would mandate «design changes» in the aircraft by April, reports Reuters. According to the same source, «the software upgrade will be deployed across the 737 Max fleet in the coming weeks». This is

Faced with protesters’ anger, Abdelaziz Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term

The 2019 Algerian presidential election, scheduled for April the 18th, will not be taking place. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced, in a letter addressed Monday to Algerian, that he will not seek a fifth term.