A very discreet person, who made a great effort not to stand out, he is about forty years old and an Imam who is detached from the Muslim community in Ripoll. This is what the Spanish media, including El Pais, said of Abdelbaki Es Satty. The Imam of Ripoll, the hometown of the terrorists who allegedly planned for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, is taking part of the investigation carried out by the Spanish authorities. According to AFP, «this religious person now appears as one
On Saturday afternoon in Barcelona, hundreds of Muslims organized a rally against terrorism, reports Euronews. Dozens of passers-by spontaneously joined the demonstration, where the crowds repeated that they «will not give in to fear». «We are Muslims, we are not terrorists,» the demonstrators chanted. A slogan taken from the Ramblas of Barcelona, where Thursday a man driving a van has crushed the crowds. «We are also victims of what happened,» says one
A Moroccan-French man was shot dead by a bullet in the head last Monday around 2:45 am, near his home in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, Chicago Tribune reported on Friday. According to the same source of Hamza Hammouis was 25 years old and was born in Paris. He has just married and moved to Chicago less than a month ago to join his wife, Jennifer Hess, a 24-year-old American. «Hamza Hammouis had stepped out with his wife and sister Monday, intending to snap early-morning photos of the
The attacks in Spain and Finland where Moroccan nationals are involved is a golden opportunity for xenophobes and islamophobes. Since Thursday evening, their reactions have popped up on social media, with some political leaders zttacking Islam and Muslims in Europe. On his Facebook and Twitter accounts, Geert Wilders did not miss the opportunity to target Moroccans and Islam. Since Thursday he has repeatedly shared a series of posts in which he claims that Europe is at war and that
Après une désopilante tournée au Maroc, le Festival itinérant d'humour «Marocains Rigolos et Résonnants à l’Étranger» a jeté l’ancre, samedi soir à Abidjan, son avant-dernière étape, gratifiant le public d’un spectacle garni d’entrain, d’hilarité et de franche rigolade. Dans une salle bondée au Palais de Culture (Commune de Treichville), des humoristes
Suite aux intempéries ravageuses survenues ces derniers jours au Sierra Leone qui ont touché des milliers de personnes, le roi Mohammed VI a donné ses instructions afin qu’une aide humanitaire d’urgence soit acheminée aux populations victimes des inondations. Selon un communiqué du ministère des Affaires étrangères et de la coopération internationale (MAECI), relayé samedi par la MAP, cette action humanitaire
Le directeur général de l’Agence Bayt Mal Al Qods Acharif, Abdelkebir Alaoui M'daghri, est décédé samedi à Rabat, apprend-on auprès de sa famille. Le défunt sera inhumé dimanche, après la prière d’Addohr, au cimetière Achchouhada à Rabat. Ancien ministre des Habous et des affaires islamique, feu Abdelkebir Alaoui M’daghri est né en 1942 à
8 people were injured on Saturday when a man stabbed the crowds in Surgut, a city in Khanty-Mansi autonomous Okrug, Russia, reports Reuters. The man was shot dead by the police while the attack was described a an «attempted murder» by the Russian law enforcement. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility over the stabbing through a statement published on AMAQ news agency. The wounded were hospitalized, two of them are in a critical condition. According to the BBC, Russia's
Two Moroccan nationals and one Syrian citizen were expelled by the Italian authorities for security reasons, said Il Sole 24ore today. One of the returnees is a 38-year-old Moroccan who is detained for misdemeanors has reportedly celebrated the attack that took place in Stockholm on the 7th of April 2017, when a truck was deliberately driven into crowds. The other is a 31-year-old Moroccan who had been arrested on the 4th of July by the Carabinieri of Toronto for stealing a mini-bus and
Four other suspects who are believed to be Moroccans were arrested in Finland after the deadly attack that took place yesterday in down town Turku. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports today quoting the Finnish police. An arrest warrant has also been issued against a fifth Moroccan suspect. The assailant who's identified has been revealed earlier today, is hospitalized and in a critical condition. The 18-year-old alleged terrorist was shot by the police in the hip after killing two people