In the 1700s, American statesman Thomas Jefferson purchased a copy of the Quran. Historical records suggest that the third President of the US bought the book as a law student while others say he studied it to better understand his Muslim enemies in North Africa.
In the 1880s, British lawyer Abdullah Quilliam sailed to Tangier for a vacation. In the city he was impressed by Islam and Muslims and decided to renounce Christianity for the religion. Back to Liverpool, the man helped build one of the first mosques in the UK.
At the bottom of the Mediterranean, a giant telescope has detected a neutrino with energy never observed before. Behind this major breakthrough in astrophysics, Moroccan researchers play a key role within the international KM3NeT project. Spotlight on this discovery opening the doors to the mysteries of the Universe.