In less than a month, Morocco experienced four cases, indicating a horrific intellectual and moral collapse. Each case would have filled the world and occupied people, and almost went unnoticed, except for the fourth case, when the owner of the largest Moroccan media group spoke out criticizing the International Criminal Court that convicted Netanyahu and Gallant, on the basis that the ICC’s decision harms Israel’s sovereignty and interferes in Affairs of the Israeli judiciary, which was frowned upon by opinion-makers and did not let it go unnoticed.
The first of these issues The one who is attracting attention, a political leader from the new left, which blames the old left for abandoning its principles, called from the dome of Parliament for the preachers in their Friday sermons to speak out loudly about jihad in Palestine, and she reminded that the history of Morocco is a history of jihad and mujahideen, and Morocco had previously conquered and invaded Andalusia.
There is no doubt about the good intentions of the leftist leader, and the correctness of her orientations regarding the duty of victory and defense of the oppressed, but jihad, conquest, and conquest have never been a leftist reference, and they are undoubtedly an Islamic reference. It was enough for the leftist leader to defend the duty of support, and the freedom of imams to preach, without the need to remind of the conquest and occupation of Andalusia, as stated in her words.
The second paradox, It is to the Moroccan Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, who revealed what took place between him and the French Minister of the Interior, as the person in charge of religious affairs in Morocco said that Morocco is a secular country, and that everyone is free to do what they want, and the Minister of the Interior remained astonished, (or his mouth dropped) as the Minister put it, He requested a second meeting, because the “jurisprudence” of the Moroccan Minister of Religious Affairs gives the French Minister an extension in the war against “the people of the Republic,” or the Muslims of France.
The minister tried in vain to attribute what was said about him, that secularism is secularism, but the arrow missed. Of course, the minister did not bring anything new, because the reality of the situation indicates that there is suspended secularization, as some secular researchers call it, but the Minister of Endowments does not have the right to say that, or acknowledge it, or even to disclose what happened to him with French officials, and with the Minister of the Interior. Basically, Islam in France is considered a security matter.
A writer responding to the minister wrote: Is the institution of the Emirate of the Faithful, which is the authority to which the Ministry of Religious Affairs refers, considered secular, as long as Moroccans are “secular”? Is it compatible with secularism, or is there no fear of disharmony between them, necessitating the removal of one of them? Is it permissible to break the fast in public during Ramadan, when the criminal law criminalizes this, and the minister says that everyone is free to do whatever he wants?
The Moroccan Minister of Religious Affairs should have told the French Minister of the Interior that religion is easy, and whoever conquers this religion will be defeated, and that Islam calls for debate in the best way, and that a Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand people are safe, and the minister will not lack citations from an Islamic authority on “the management of religious affairs.” “In Morocco, in the direction of kindness, lowering one’s bias, and avoiding exaggeration, instead of delving into other references, he can share its approach in his personal capacity, but it is not permissible for him to He speaks out about this out of responsibility.
And thirdly, The new Moroccan Minister of Education, who, in his first media outing in Parliament, found it extremely difficult to read what was written to him in the Moroccan dialect, and did not find any embarrassment in responding to the session of oral questions by saying that his ministry would respond in writing… It is not known why the session is called oral questions, if so. Will the response be in writing? The goods of the Minister of Education, from the Arabic language, are not mZNot only did he come, but he was non-existent, and he is not known to be concerned with public affairs, nor to have the slightest knowledge of education issues, yet he is entrusted with the most important sector that builds a human being.
The truth is that there is negligence in this sector, as it was entrusted to technicians who did not know the issues of education, or even the issues of society, and the best of them worked to improve the financial situation of educational institutions. As for the content of education and how to teach, these were issues that were closed to them, and they admitted that they did not understand them. Is it a coincidence that the education sector is led by people who do not know Arabic and detest it, and who are completely ignorant of the cultural aspects of their country?
As for the great catastrophe, It is what Mr. Ahmed Al-Sharai wrote in The Times of Israel, criticizing the International Criminal Court’s decision to criminalize both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and considered this an infringement on the sovereignty of the State of Israel and interference in the Israeli judiciary.
We are not in this situation with regard to freedom of opinion, because freedom of opinion requires speaking out with opinions that an intellectual or journalist considers to be in conflict with the intellectual orientations in which he believes, or with a reference he follows, or with a general principle, and he has the right to oppose or refute them.
This is not the case of Mr. Sharia, who has never taken action in an issue that concerns Morocco and Moroccans. He did not write a single letter or make a statement when the earthquake struck the Al Haouz region in Morocco. He is not known to have mobilized for a humanitarian cause outside Morocco, and all his contributions are those related to Israel, in defense. About it, and exposing those who stand against it, as in an article he wrote after the Al-Aqsa flood entitled “We are all Israelis.” That is, in the case of the legitimate master, we are faced with what could be considered employment for a foreign country, according to what was stated in a statement by the Justice and Development Party.
The reason for the danger, as stated in the pens of the press, is that Mr. Sharia was embraced by security authorities, during periods of response to the free press, during its violence, and he received additional care, just as it leaked in the press, from people who were close to the security circles, and spoke in its mouth, They delight in her speech.
Is it a throw by someone other than the thrower? Or there is something behind the mound, as a journalist wrote, who considered that the Shari’a exit requires two readings: either it is a test ball, or the Shari’a master has grown out of the fold, which makes him too old to obey the orders of those who embrace him.
Many influential bodies have become infiltrated and could threaten state policy, upend the ladder of values, and elevate those who are exalted. Because it conforms to its orientations, and it degrades those who do not conform to those orientations, degrades him at best, and restricts him in most circumstances.
We were envied in Morocco, for a while, for our rationality and the depth of our imagination, but what we are witnessing at the level of the political, media, and intellectual elites shows a flash of fire that may come to this asset that we were proud of and boasted about.
The leftist is no longer a leftist, the Minister of Religious Affairs has become a defender of secularism, the Minister of Education is uneducated and does not speak well, and employment has become considered freedom of opinion.
Perhaps what reinforces this horrific trend is what a Moroccan journalist wrote about the reality of the Moroccan university, which was plagued by theft in its dissertations and research, favoritism and loyalty (clientelism) to advance in its ranks, bribery to join it, and “shortcuts” at the level of some professors, that is, promiscuous parties. The cases of some girls are exploited for purposes other than education and knowledge.
It is not through the collapse of the university that we can preserve the balance that distinguished the Moroccan cultural scene, which produced masters who enriched the Arab library and provided it with rational tools.
It is not the Morocco that a generation known for the democratic transition had hoped for. There is no denying that Morocco has witnessed a qualitative leap in infrastructure, but it has witnessed a decline in terms of values and references, to the point of being almost without political and cultural elites.
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