Morocco King Eases Restrictions On Abortion For Incest, Rape
Associated Press By Paul Schemm Moroccan King Mohammed VI has ordered that laws restricting abortion be loosened, allowing it in the case of rape, incest, danger to the mother's health or fetal malformation. Debate erupted in this North African kingdom earlier this...
Imam Training Stops Expansion Of Fundamentalism From Kingdom A Model For Other Countries At Risk Of Terrorism
ANSAmed (by Diego Minuti) ROME - The battle against the misleading distortions of religion cannot be won in a day. Morocco is well aware of this and has perhaps won this fight thanks to a farsighted program which, training imams, keeps pilgrims away from the risk of...
Sahara Militant Rejects Allegiance Pledge To Islamic State
AP by Paul Schemm The notorious extremist Moktar Belmoktar rejected a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group made by a member of his organization, suggesting splits in his operation in a statement that surfaced Friday. Belmoktar, who is known for daring...
Body Of Downed Pilot Found In Yemen
AP Morocco's armed forces says it has located what it believes is the body of one of its pilots downed over Yemen. The statement Friday said a plane has been sent with DNA experts to identify the body of Yassine Bahti, whose F-16 was shot down Monday by Houthi rebels....
Putin Invites Moroccan Leader To Visit Russia – Lawmaker
Sputnik News Russia's President Vladimir Putin sent an invitation to Morocco's King Mohammed VI to visit Russia, Valentina Matvienko, speaker of the Russian parliament’s upper house, the Federation Council, said Thursday. Matvienko stated that the date of the king's...
Obama Vows To Back GCC Allies
Gulf Times Reuters/Camp David, Maryland US President Barack Obama with HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and other GCC leaders UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifah, Oman Deputy Prime...
Morocco To Allow Abortion In Certain Cases
AFP Morocco is to allow abortion in cases of rape or serious foetal malformation, the Royal Palace announced Friday after a heated debate on illegal abortions in the North African nation. Abortions will be allowed in the cases of "pregnancies resulting from rape or...
Sahara’s Al-Mourabitoun Pledges Allegiance To Islamic State
Reuters The Sahara-based al-Mourabitoun Islamist group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, the Mauritanian news website Alakhbar said, citing a recording it had received from a spokesman for al-Mourabitoun. It was not immediately possible to verify the...
Sahara Extremists Pledge Allegiance To Islamic State Group
AP By Paul Schemm An extremist group based in the Sahara desert known for carrying out terror attacks in Algeria, Mali and Niger appears to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group after years with its rival, al-Qaida. If it is authenticated, the statement...
Morocco Adopts Draft Law Regulating Islamic Insurance
Reuters Middle East Morocco's government adopted a bill on Thursday to regulate Islamic insurance, legislation that will face a final vote by parliament later this year, a cabinet statement said. It is the last step in Morocco's legislative package to regulate the...