Guerguerate crisis : Bachir al-Dakhil excludes the possibility of an armed conflict in the buffer zone [Interview]

The Polisario Front has sent last week its forces to the Guerguerate buffer zone interrupting the peace that was established in the area since April 2017 and accusing Morocco of violating the cease-fire agreement reached in September 1991. To understand the circumstance of the current crisis, Yabiladi interviewed Bachir al-Dakhil, one of the founders of the separatist movement, who stressed that the eruption of an armed conflict in the buffer zone is rather excluded.

History : In 1925, an assembly of ulemas chose El Khattabi as a caliph of Muslims

A PJD deputy, Abu Zaid Idrissi, has revealed in 2015 in Nador that Muslim Ulemas gathered in Cairo in 1925 had almost unanimously adopted a Palestinian proposal designating Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi a Caliph of Muslims. The Riffian political and military leader had subsequently declined the offer as he had refused, two decades later, the French proposal to rule Morocco.

Diaspo # 22 : Amidou Si M'Hammed, a migration success story

This Tangier-native has always been involved in social work in Brussels, helping in particular young people with an immigrant background. In his book «Tangellois, non peut-être», Amidou Si M'Hammed recalls the experience of his immigrant parents. Portrait.

Jerada’s inhabitants to decide this afternoon about suspending or continuing the marches

In a few hours, the inhabitants of Jerada will have to decide whether they want to continue or stop rallying for their demands. On Wednesday, the Minister of Energy and Mines asked the Hirak representatives in the city to turn the page of protests in exchange for a number of promises.

3.45 million Muslim Americans lived in the U.S in 2017, according to Pew Research

The Muslim population living in the U.S is growing according to the recent estimates of Pew Research. Accordingly, in 2017 1.1% of the total American population is Muslim, a number that is expected to reach 2.1% in 2050.

Morocco : Has the government compensated Jerada's miners as promised ?

A few days after the emergence of social unrest in the city of Jerada, the Minister of Energy, Mining and Sustainable Development revealed the amount of money spent on the province during 14 years. The numbers made public by the Minister were meanwhile backed by others indicated by Driss Benhima, who has headed the ministry when the coal mine closed. Aside from official numbers, were these miners compensated as promised ?

USA : A former Disney employee files a lawsuit against the company for discriminationg against his Moroccan nationality

A Moroccan former Disney employee has filed a lawsuit against the company for discriminating against him based on his nationality. The man is seeking $75,000 as compensation for the mental distress he had to go through.

Paying Taxes 2018 : PwC reports Morocco’s improving results

Just like last year’s ranking, Morocco is, once again, positively improving its results. It is ranked 25th by the report, bettering its position compared to the previous edition.

The Polisario wants to break up with the single-party system, creating its own opposition

After more than four decades, the Polisario Front has opted for the single-party system. Now, the separatist movement’s leadership is intending to create its own opposition. It decided to roll out the red carpet to the coordinating committee of the «Sahrawi Initiative for Change» and prepare it to speak for the voiceless.

Moriscos' poems prove how the Arab-Muslim culture survived the Catholic Spain

Pressured to abandon their faith and convert to Christianity, the life of Moriscos in Spain was almost unbearable following the Expulsion decreed by King Philip III. While, everyone claims that they have surrendered to this pressure and ended up integrating into the new Christian society, new poems written in Arabic and discovered by Caren Barcelo and Ana Labarta deny this chapter of history. Details.