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Arab spring News : Jan 5, 2011

  In the Arab Spring, Watch Turkey New York Times In post-Arab Spring North Africa, too, Turkey and Iran have essentially partitioned the resurgent Islamist movements between themselves. The Turks support the victorious “moderate” Islamists from Tunisia to Egypt....

Morocco in the News – January 5, 2012

Major media outlets write about Morocco’s King Mohammed VI who on January 3rd, 2011 named a new government dominated by moderate Islamists. The prime minister, Abdelilah Benkirane, whose moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) took the most seats in the...

New Morocco government brings fresh faces

With the announcement of Morocco's new cabinet, the PJD became the first Islamist party to govern the Arab world's oldest monarchy. By Siham Ali for Magharebia in Rabat  [AFP/Azzouz Boukallouch] King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan pose for an official...

PJD leads new Moroccan government

MORNING STAR World Morocco's ruling coalition formed a new government on Tuesday that gives top posts to a moderate Islamist party but also keeps close allies of the king in powerful positions. The Justice and Development Party, known as PJD, won the most seats in the...