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Out of the spotlight, Moroccan Islamic party promotes interfaith dialogue
un articulo por Hind Al-Subai Al-Idrisi for Common Ground News Service (abridged)
Like other countries in the Middle East, Morocco
witnessed a popular movement that fell short of a
revolution. But citizen demand for government
reform did lead to a number of changes. These
changes included a referendum over a new
constitution, limiting the Moroccan monarch's
authority, as well as elections, which led to a
victory for the Justice and Development Party, an
Islamic political party.
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While many people feared an Islamic political party
might not respect the faiths of non-Muslim
nationals, Morocco is showing its commitment to
promote coexistence between Moroccans of different
faiths under the Justice and Development Party.
Morocco is considered one of the most stable
countries of the region, with more or less
peaceful coexistence among the various religions
and cultures comprising the Moroccan social
fabric. As a testament to this, the city of Fez,
classified by UNESCO as part of the global human
heritage, held a significant event on 13 February
2013: the inauguration of the newly renovated Fez
Prayer Synagogue.
The celebration was headed by Morocco’s Prime
Minister and leader of the Justice and Development
Party, Abdelilah Bin Kiran. He pointed out that,
"The event underscores the identity of Morocco as
a land for peace, tolerance, and peaceful
coexistence among followers of all divine
religions, and a lesson for the 21st century,
which Morocco sends to all the world."
The Fez Prayer Synagogue is one of the oldest
Jewish synagogues in Fez. It was built in the 17th
Century in the Mallah district of the Old City,
and is considered a historical landmark for Jewish
Moroccan culture. The synagogue has played an
important role in the religious life of the Jewish
community, whose members were once 30,000 strong
and are today estimated to be between 3,000 to
7,000.
While most Jews left Morocco after the state of
Israel was established, the Moroccan monarch gave
a message during the inauguration ceremony of the
Fez Prayer Synagogue to remaining rabbis and
representatives of the Jewish community in Morocco
in which he called for the renovation of other
synagogues in Moroccan cities. Not only is this
effort re-establishing these places of worship,
but also spaces for intercultural dialogue.
Within this context, Morocco is also witnessing
other interfaith events encouraged by the King and
the Justice and Development party. The latest
example was an event called "Interfaith
Coexistence and Dialogue in Morocco," which was a
meeting of three religious leaders from three
separate religious communities – the head of the
Moroccan Catholic Church, the Jewish community
leader in Morocco, and the chief of the local
Scientific Council of Anfa, a district in
Casablanca – on 31 January in Casablanca’s Siqala
Square.
The leaders sat at the same table to talk about
interfaith coexistence in the country and took
questions on the subject. The leaders were joined
by a number of Moroccan youth of various religious
orientations. The youth asked them many questions
about the three Abrahamic religions, which were
answered in a respectful climate of tolerance . .
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