As announced earlier this week, Christchurch hosted, Friday, a national remembrance service honoring the 50 people who were killed by an Australian terrorist, March the 15th. The event streamed to a world-wide audience, was attended by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Muslim leaders, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and a survivor of the attack, BBC reports. According to the same source, the service held at the Hagely Park opposite of Al Nour mosque, was attended by
Conducted by the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry, a debatable poll suggested that 41% of Moroccans are in favor of ties with Israel. This survey comes as Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to establish relations with Arab countries, including Morocco.
After the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) updated advice on the threat from terrorism in Morocco, travel experts said that «British travelers should not be put off visiting» the Kingdom, Telegraph reports. Speaking to the same source, Moroccan product manager at Intrepid Travel Steph Millington said that Morocco remains safe «as long as travelers are sensible». «It’s advisable to perhaps dress more conservatively than you would at home
During a work visit to Morocco, King Abdullah II of Jordan and King Mohammed VI stressed the need of protecting Muslim and Christian holy sites in Al Quds. The two sovereigns said that they support the Palestinian question and people.
Pretending to be an influencer, alleged socialite scammer Anna Delvey spent a luxurious vacation in Marrakech in 2017. During her trip to Morocco, the fake German heiress, who accused of grand larceny, made a Vanity Fair editor pay for her expenses, without fully paying her back.
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), an economic and political organization formed by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, hosted a seminar, Wednesday, in Tunis to present the Trans-Maghreb railway line, a project launched by the grouping. The seminar was opened by the Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union, Taïeb Baccouche. The project is based on rehabiliting and upgrading some Maghreb railway tracks. The event was attended by representatives from the African Development Bank,
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced, Wednesday, that immigrant children, including a Moroccan student, will be granted Italian citizenship, after they helped save their classmates in a hijacked school bus, AFP and the Local report. These students will have to wait until they are 18 to apply like «anyone else», the same source said, quoting Salvini. «If there are children who are not Italian citizens, we have studied this question and we will
A study conducted by the «Baker Institute» on religious authority in Morocco has questioned the influence of new figures in the Kingdom and political Islam.
New Zealanders are expected to attend, Friday March the 29th, a national remembrance in Christchurch for the victims of the terror attacks that targeted Muslim worshippers at two mosques, online newspaper Stuff reports. The gathering will include a series of performances and will be «streamed to a world-wide audience», the same source added. The service will start at 10am in Christchurch’s Hagley Park, opposite of Al Nour mosque where an Australian terrorist opened
After it was slammed for not taking down supremacist and neo-Nazi pages and groups, American social media platform Facebook announced that it is banning content, praising white nationalism and white separatism, ABC reports. The new plan, expected to fight against hate speech on social media, will be entered into force next week, the same source added, quoting a Facebook blog post. «Over the past three months our conversations with members of civil society and academics who are experts