The Moroccan government has found a new weapon in the war against extremism --female priests. It's hopes that women will spread a more balanced and tolerant version of Islam. The King in Morocco is deemed as a direct descendent of the Prophet. In his recent Speech to the nation King Mohammed V declared his aims of transforming his kingdom into a genuine Constitutional Monarchy (as in the UK or Spain or other European Monarchies), and presented himself as a Royal Citizen, hence officially relinquishing the "Sacred" nature of his status. In the new Constitutional Reforms, if amended at the upcoming referendum, Islam will remain the official religion of the country, however freedom of cult and belief in any religion will be tolerated.
Morocco’s Female Imams (Report from 2006) :
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Thousands of mosques in Morocco are led by badly educated Imams. The State considers these mosques breeding ground for terrorism and is closing them down."They are extremist groupings in Mosques", states student Abd Salam.The King himself is behind many of the new reforms. Two years ago, he caused a minor scandal when he allowed a woman to read out the traditional Ramadan sermon for the first time. Now he wants women to play a leading role in modernizing Islam and is allowing them to become Imams. Demands for a new,feminist interpretation of the Koran are coming from all sides. "We want a revolution -- but rather a soft revolution from within", states writer Asma Lamrabet. "We still have a long way to go. But we'll try."
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Women in Morocco are the topic of this program made available by the European Parliament
Morocco model for women (CNN Report From 2009): Women's rights in Northern Africa are changing for the better. CNN's Seema Mathur reports.
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by پندارنیک on Sun Jan 08, 2012 09:10 AM PSTNo one, absolutely no one can accuse this king of jumping on the bandwagon of reforms....................He started or at least tried to start fundamental changes in his land shortly after he was throned............The thing is that corruption is embedded within the society. I'm afraid he won't be able to survive..............He'll be greatly missed.............
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Their success is encouraging other women to set up businesses of their own.
Simon Atkinson reports.
thnks for posting dk
by humanbeing on Mon Jun 20, 2011 09:17 PM PDTthis is very interesting. and i may be naive, but it have instilled optimism.