During his visit to Morocco, the Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed alongside his Moroccan counterpart, Salah eddine Al Othmani announced in a joint-statement following the 19th session of the Tunisian-Moroccan High Joint Commission in Rabat that the two countries support a political solution to the crisis in Libya, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT reports. The two politicians highlighted their states' will back and accompany the Libyan people «in the path towards a comprehensive political
Lawyers and rights activist groups announced on Tuesday that the Moroccan authorities have arrested more protesters in the biggest protest movement that the country is witnessing since the Arab spring, Reuters reports. The same source indicates that 100 individuals belonging to the «Hirak» movement were arrested since the end of May, as Abdessadak Elbouchattaoui, one of the movement's lawyers declared. «There are arrests on a daily basis, on average, there were about four
Nabra hassanin, a 17-year-old Muslim teenager, was killed on Sunday in Virginia, USA, New York Times reports. The victim’s body was found in a pond as the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Monday night. According to the same source, Nabra was out on Sunday night with a group of her friends when they argued with a 22-year-old driver identified as Darwin Martinez Torres. The police said, as New York Times indicates, that the group were heading to a fast food restaurant in their
The European Council of Moroccan Ulema condemned on Monday the terror attack that targeted Muslims in London, when a man in a van drove over worshipers on their way out of a mosque in Finsbury park. The council ensures in a communiqué, that it has followed with «astonishment» the horrifying attack that took place near the mosque of Finsbury Park and which left one dead and several injured. Strongly condemning «this Islamophobic criminal act which is likely to
Le Conseil européen des Ouléma marocains a condamné, lundi, l’attaque à la voiture bélier ayant visé des Musulmans à la sortie d’une mosquée à Londres. Le Conseil affirme, dans un communiqué, avoir suivi avec "stupéfaction" l’attaque ayant visé des fidèles près de la grande mosquée de Finsbury Park et qui a fait un mort et plusieurs blessés. Condamnant fermement
L’Institut national de formation aux droits de l’Homme (INFDH) sera baptisé du nom de feu Driss Benzekri, en hommage à ce militant qui a marqué de son empreinte l’histoire des droits de l’Homme au Maroc. Selon un communiqué du Conseil national des droits de l’Homme (CNDH), la cérémonie marquant l’attribution du nom de feu Driss Benzekri à l’INFDH sera organisée le 5 juillet à Rabat, en
In a communiqué sent to Yabiladi, the Muslim Executive of Belguim (EMB) firmly condemned the terror attack that took place yesterday in London where a man in a van drove over pedestrians who have just got out of the Finsbury park mosque in the UK. Right after finishing the evening prayers, worshipers went through a tragic moment after a man died and 10 others were injured. As a way of supporting the victims, the EMB states that «the attack indicates that terrorism has no
The American citizen Amani Al-Khatahtbeh has been through the worst moments of her life when she arrived to Nice airport. The journalist was force to take off her scarf by the police as she stated in a long Facebook post and tweet, Le Figaro reports. The founder of MuslimGirl was invited to judge the Cannes Lions festival last Friday, she says on her Facebook page narrating what happened in the airport. Once arrived to France, a police officer refused to stamp her passport because she was
A man was killed and 10 others injured yesterday around midnight when a 48-year-old man in a van drove over pedestrians near a mosque in Finsbury Park, London, the BBC reports. According to the same source the victims of the attack were all Muslims that were outside a Muslim Welfare House. Speaking to the same source, an eyewitness called Abdul Rahman declared that «the driver had said he wanted to "kill all Muslims"», he added saying that «he struck the man and helped subdue
Two brothers living in the 23rd floor of the Grenfell tower were on the phone with their father just a few hours after he went missing. According to Sunday Express, Abdel Salam who is believed to be Moroccan was trapped in his apartment when the fire broke out. «The pensioner was speaking to his two sons on the phone as they made their way home from the Al Manar mosque», the same source reports. Abdel Salam is a 75-year-old retired man who lived with his two sons. «as the