Judge Carmen Lamela confirmed yesterday that the Moroccan national accused in Spain for terrorism will have to serve a prison sentence, said the regional online newspaper La Verdad. Khalid E., 31, who is legally residing in Spain, is accused of joining a terrorist organization and trying to recruit jihad candidates. He is prosecuted for carrying terrorist indoctrination and being a terrorist sympathizer. Judge Carmen Lamela stated that the individual is an integral part of the terrorist
A 19-year-old Moroccan man is facing a two-year prison sentence for breaking a minor's jaw, La Nueva España newspaper reported. A sentence requested by the public prosecutor at the Gijón court (north), which also demanded expulsing the man from the Spanish territory for eight years. The facts took place on May 21, 2017 at 3 am. Imad A., who had played a boxing match that day, arrived with a 17-year-old miner. With others, he punched the victim several times, the prosecutor said.
The father of the Ivorian child, who was hidden inside a suitcase in the Ceuta border crossing, was fined to 92 Euros by the city’s court on Tuesday, 20th of February, AFP reports. He can finally reunite with his family after the audience. «Everything is over now, we can start over all together, my wife, my daughter, my son and I in Bilbao», said the father, Ali Ouattara, referring to the industrial port city in northern Spain. 45-year-old Ouattara was convicted after his
The Melilla Islamic Commission has agreed with the Nador provincial delegation of Islamic Affairs to improve the registration procedures of Imams that operate in 17 mosques in the Spanish enclave, reports Melilla Hoy newspaper. The objective of this agreement is «to promote a moderate religious discourse built on coexistence». In a press release, the Commission said that three agreements were reached during a meeting with the Nador delegation, which tackle issues that impact the
Spanish police arrested a 31-year-old Moroccan national in the town of Torre-Pacheco (south) on Tuesday for allegedly being an ISIS sympathizer, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Tuesday. The individual was very active on the internet. Since 2014, he has regularly broadcast, through three different profiles, online content in which he openly supported ISIS, says the daily newspaper El Mundo. He shared videos through which he praises the terrorist group, chants urging people to practice
The Madrid Provincial Court sentenced a Spanish Civil Guard agent to 16 years in prison for murdering a Moroccan national in April 2016, the regional online newspaper, Diario de Sevilla reported. The man was also sentenced to four months in prison for reckless driving. He was found guilty by teh court for shooting the victim, crushing him with his car and hitting him. The judges indicated that the officer is suffering from psychic problem, believing that he feared an imminent terrorist
After criticizing Morocco over the Western Sahara conflict, and Hirak Rif, petroleum exploration is a new chapter the Podemos is using to target the country again.
A Moroccan national was arrested in Valencia (Southeastern Spain) for preventing his wife from leaving home for a month after beating her, reports Las Provincias. The 36-year-old man had tried to make of his wife a sex slave, forcing her to engage in violent sexual acts, which she refused to perform. Faced with his wife’s rejection, he had repeatedly punched her all over her body. The assaults were repeated every day for about a month, until the woman decided last Sunday to leave her
The Amazigh World Assembly (AMA) has just won a decisive victory in Spain regarding the use of chemical weapons during the Rif war.
The University of Murcia announced on Friday that it has published a Spanish-Moroccan dialect dictionary, entitled «Al-Madyaq» and signed by the researcher Lahoucine El Ghazouani. This dictionary, published by Editum, the publishing house of the university, responds to the great interest expressed by Spanish universities, whose Arabic language departments opt for an integrated method for teaching Arabic as a foreign language, said the university on its website. The objective