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Spanish police: Moroccan ISIS sympathizer radicalized multiple youths Moroccan police arrested the radicalized suspects, who were planning terror attacks in Morocco and UAE, in different operations.

May 24, 2020 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) After the arrest of a Moroccan ISIS sympathizer on May 20, Spanish police have said the suspect managed to convince several youths to join the terrorist group. Spanish media reported last week that police arrested the suspect in Bolanos […]

Spain arrests ISIS sympathizer who fled Morocco The suspect was on Spanish security services’ watchlist for several years.

May 21, 2020 Yahia Hatim

(Morocco World News) Spanish security services arrested on May 20 four alleged terrorists, including one Moroccan who had previously escaped an arrest operation led by Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), Spanish newspaper ABC reported. The Moroccan suspect, believed to be […]

CFCM: France should provide burial spaces for Muslim COVID-19 victims 'Let’s not add to the pain of the families suffering from the inability to honor their deceased.'

April 13, 2020 Taha Mebtoul

(Morocco World News) The French Council for Muslim Faith (CFCM) has asked the country’s authorities to make [available] burial spaces for Muslims who died from COVID-19 in France. “The number of victims of the coronavirus pandemic continues to increase, leaving many families […]

‘I hate Islam,’ says deputy director of French newspaper Figaro The deputy director of right-wing newspaper Le Figaro said, 'we have the right to hate religion.'

October 15, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) Deputy editor of French newspaper Le Figaro Yves Threard is at the center of controversy after making statements against Muslims and Islam. During debate show “Le Grand Soir” (the Big Evening) broadcast on LCI on Monday, October 14, the […]

French public figures call on Emmanuel Macron to ‘end Islamophobia’ Politicians and public figures often use France’s famous secular state as an excuse for hate speech and Islamophobic statements.

October 15, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) French newspaper Le Monde will publish, October 16, an open letter to the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, calling for an end to Islamophobia. Ninety French public figures have called on Macron to condemn verbal attacks on […]

France investigates Eric Zammour for hate speech, Islamophobia The French prime minister has denounced the writer and journalist’s racist remarks.

October 2, 2019 Hamza Guessous

(Morocco World News) The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into Eric Zemmour’s remarks at the “Convention of the Right” on Saturday, September 28. Zemmour’s speech attacking immigrants, whom he qualified as “colonizers,” and “Islamization in the streets” has led to the opening […]

Tariq Ramadan dismisses latest rape accusation, promises to ‘expose facts in coming days’ Ramadan has been adamant from the outset that all the allegations are politically and ideologically motivated

August 26, 2019 Tamba François Koundouno

(Morocco World News) In response to the latest rape allegation facing his already bruised reputation, Tariq Ramadan is categorical that the accusation is baseless and part of a further smear campaign. Months after being released on bail, facing multiple rape accusations, world-renowned […]

Spain arrests Moroccan national for ‘promoting terrorism’ Spanish police arrested the suspect on Saturday, July 13, in Pamplona, Spain.

July 17, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) A Spanish judge at the National Court sentenced, on Monday, July 15, Moroccan national Allal El Mourabit to prison for allegedly “glorifying terrorism.” The judge sentenced the Moroccan national after considering evidence concerning charges of promoting terrorism. The arrest […]

Unveiling the truth behind Tariq Ramadan’s rape allegations As new evidence continually piles up in the Tariq Ramadan case, it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate between fact and fiction on both sides of the allegations against the reformist scholar.

July 3, 2019 John Lystad

(Morocco World News) The controversy surrounding the case of Tariq Ramadan has reached new heights, as the rape allegations against the reformist scholar have been called into question following an investigation by the Parisian Criminal Brigade (BC). Revealing inconsistencies in his accusers’ […]

France strips Moroccan man convicted of terrorism of citizenship He was sentenced in 2014 to five years in prison for conspiring to join jihadists in Afghanistan.

June 2, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) French authorities have stripped a defendant of Moroccan origin convicted for conspiring to join terrorists in Afghanistan, of his French nationality. AFP reported that the dual national was sentenced in 2014 to five years in prison for planning to […]

Moroccan-Spanish counterterrorism services arrest suspect in Morocco The individual was allegedly planning a terror attack in Seville, Spain, over Easter.

April 17, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) Moroccan security services, in cooperation with Spanish and Moroccan intelligence services, have arrested a Moroccan terror suspect, who was allegedly planning a terror attack in Seville, southern Spain. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior announced on Wednesday that the […]

Report: A growing number of terrorists in Spain are Moroccan-born Moroccan-born individuals make up nearly half of the terrorists Spain detained over the last seven years.

March 13, 2019 Katya Schwenk

(Morocco World News) March 11 marked the anniversary of the 2004 Madrid train bombings, also known as 11-M, which Moroccan national Youssef Belhadj masterminded. The attacks killed 193, injured 2,000, and shocked the world. Fifteen years later, terrorism in Spain has evolved […]

35% of women arrested for terrorism in Spain are Moroccans Terrorism and extremism are imposing threat in all countries across the world.

January 6, 2019 Safaa Kasraoui

(Morocco World News) Two Spanish criminologists conducted a study on women involved in terror-related crimes in Spain. The study, quoted by Ceutaldia, indicates that nearly 34.8 percent of women radicalized by terror organizations in Spain are Moroccans. The study showed that the […]

Denmark deports Said Mansour, stripped of citizenship, to Morocco Said Mansour is the first Danish citizen to lose his citizenship and be deported because of a terrorism conviction.

January 5, 2019 Susanna Spurgeon

(Morocco World News) Denmark has deported Said Mansour, convicted of incitement to terrorism and formerly a dual Moroccan-Danish citizen, to Morocco. According to Danish media, Mansour arrived in Casablanca yesterday night, aboard Royal Air Maroc flight 222 from Copenhagen. Danish authorities handed […]

Spanish authorities prevent forced marriage of Spanish minor to Moroccan The attempted forced marriage of a Spanish minor highlights the damaging effects of the practice.

November 29, 2018 Carolina McCabe

(Morocco World News) In Alicante, Spain, the Guardia Civil prevented the forced marriage of a 17-year-old girl to a 37-year-old man from Morocco. The Guardia Civil detained the girl’s father and brother, who worked together to orchestrate the forced marriage. According to […]

Tariq Ramadan: Alleged rape victim’s story contradicted by wedding pictures

July 20, 2018 Zoubida Senoussi

(Morocco World News) Henda Ayari’s version of events has been questioned after new evidence has emerged in Tariq Ramadan’s rape case. In October, Ayari, an author and former Salafi, had accused the prominent public intellectual of raping her. After Ayari’s accusation, four […]