Month: November 2011

Washington Post By Jennifer Rubin Within the space of a few days, voters went to the polls in Morocco and Egypt to elect parliaments. Although the context is dissimilar, the two countries and the United States face common...

Islamists Win Morocco’s Arab Spring Election TIME 27, 2011 (RABAT, Morocco) — The victory of an Islamist Party in Morocco’s parliamentary elections appears to be one more sign that religious-based parties are...

RABAT A moderate Islamist party in Morocco, inspired from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, won the most seats in early parliamentary elections, final results showed Nov. 27, giving it the right to lead a coalition...

RABAT: An Islamist party won the most seats in Morocco’s parliamentary elections and will now be chosen to lead the next government in the kingdom and close US ally, according to final results. The Justice and Development Party...

  RABAT, AFP – Morocco waited on Monday for King Mohammed VI to appoint the country’s first-ever prime minister from a moderate Islamist party after it won the most seats in a landmark parliamentary election. The vote was...