Major US and international media outlets write about dozens of preachers from mosques across Morocco who protested Monday, 10/10/2011, over tight controls on their preaching, the first time such a demonstration has been allowed to go forward. The small protest was significant because Morocco keeps a very close watch on the nation’s mosques to guard against extremist thought like that of al-Qaida.
Politics
The Associated Press (10/10) – Moroccan imams protest government control
Monterey County Herald (10/10) – Moroccan imams protest government control
Press TV (10/10) – Moroccans renew call for social justice
African Bulletin (10/10) – New Mobility in favor of the new configuration of Moroccan Political map
Afrique en ligne (10/09) – Morocco: Five tones of cannabis seized in Southern Morocco
Hindustan Times (10/09) – Morocco, a model for the Muslim world
Irna (10/09) – American scholar says Muslim World needs characters like Ahmadinejad
AECP (10/05) – UK Government urges MEPs to support EU-Morocco trade agreement
The Sahara
Sahara Press Service (10/10) – Pan African Parliament calls AU for independence of Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service (10/10) – Ministers Council denounces repression of Saharawi citizens in occupied Dakhla
Sahara Press Service (10/10) – British NGO calls for protecting human rights in occupied Dakhla
Eurasia Review (10/08) – The EU And The Arab Spring: From Munificence To Geo-Strategy – Analysis
Main Stream (10/08) – Western Sahara: No Arab Spring?
Kurdish Globe (10/08) – The rise of the “Arab Spring”
Sahara Press Service (10/08) – Statement by Polisario Front before Fourth Committee in Charge of Decolonization
Ocnus.net (10/07) – Morocco versus Polisario in 2011
New Vision – Uganda urges UN to complete decolonization process in Western Sahara
Economy/Business
Yacout Info (10/10) – HM the King inaugurates first phase of economic activity zone in Ait Karma Commune
CRI English.com (10/10) – Dagong Lowers Morocco’s Credit Rating Outlook to Negative
Reuters (10/10) – Imtech opens new marine services offices in France, Morocco and Spain
Tourism Review.com (10/10) – Moroccan government to invest millions in the Royal Air Morocco
Hotelier Middle East (10/10) – Oetker Collection to run Morocco’s Palais Namaskar
Global Arab Network (10/07) – Morocco on track: Developing high-speed rail network
CNN (10/07) – In Morocco, eating is the spice of life
Education/Society/Culture
Financial Times (10/10) – Expertise and ambition meet in Casablanca
Peace Corps (10/07) – Peace Corps Volunteer Organizes Journalism Workshop for Students in Morocco
MENA Region
Xinhuanet (10/10) – High-tech industry fledges muscles at Dubai fair Gitex
The National (10/09) – Mother of ’20th hijacker’ wants US to show evidence of his guilt
CPI Financial (10/09) – Standard Chartered signs agreement with BCP
Bloomberg (10/07) – Obama Says Tunisia an Inspiration for Spread of Democracy
Daily News (10/07) – Mubarak as initiator of Arab Spring
