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Moroccan bloggers discuss politics, tolerance and good neighboring (Magharebia.com)
Moroccan bloggers discuss politics, tolerance and good neighboring
11/10/2006
Bloggers talk about the 2007 elections in Morocco, tolerance in Islam and between neighbors.
[File] Cherif would like to see Muslims more open to the “other”
Tolerance was a central theme of bloggers this week.
Moroccan blogger The View from Fes notes David Tolédano, secretary general of the Israeli community in Rabat, spoke about the unique relationship Morocco has with the Jewish community and “praised the kingdom’s efforts to achieve development in various fields” on Yom Kippur (October 1st).
“Our country will always remain an example of co-existence between Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and a land of tolerance where the faithful can freely and respectfully worship,” Samir quoted Tolédano as saying.
In his post “L’Islam: Tolérant ou intolérant – Mustapha CHERIF”, Citoyen Hmida advised everybody, particularly radical Muslims, to read the cited book and meditate on its message.
Cherif is an Algerian Islamic scholar and a philosopher who tries “to answer the question of whether Islam is closed or open to the ‘other,” explained the Moroccan blogger, adding “revisiting Muslim thinkers, from Ibn Rochd to … Al Ghazali …, the author proves the openness that characterised Muslim intelligentsia during its period of glory”.
The author thinks finding the way back to the ‘other’ requires exercising a constructive self-criticism and learning to live together.
French-Moroccan comedian Jamel Debbouze was refused a visa to enter Algeria for the premier of “Indigènes” in which he is starring, blogged Carpe Diem.
Manal quoted Algerian reporter Hassan Moali as saying, “Neither the Foreign Ministry nor the Culture Ministry responded to our questions the entire day yesterday … We wonder why the Moroccan authorities haven’t closed the doors on Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami.”
Discussions about the 2007 elections in Morocco are back on the blogosphere again.
Comme une bouteille jetée à la mer ran a poll last week predicting the winner of the 2007 elections.
“The numbers show … the Justice and Development Party (PJD) is supposed to win…48.74% … the results only reflect readers that accepted to participate … the PJD vote is not a vote for party affiliation, [but] a profound social malaise,” explained Moroccan blogger Larbi
“We should all vote,” bloggedCitoyen Hmida, adding it is a “citizen duty … abstaining from voting this time can be very dangerous … Shall we recall the recent history of countries that are close to us. In 1992, the 5 million Algerian abstainers gave the way to the 3.5 million Islamic Front partisans and our neighbours found themselves in a civil war…” concluded the blogger.
