Mister1979
28-04-2006, 12:57
Predikende vrouwen: Het nieuwe wapen van Marokko tegen Islamitische extremism
In een project onbekend in Islam, heeft Marokko net zijn eerste team van vrouwenpredikanten dat als voorhoede in de bestrijding van het Islamitische extremism
In een project onbekend in Islam, heeft Marokko net zijn eerste team van vrouwenpredikanten dat als voorhoede in de bestrijding van het koninkrijk van om het Islamitische extremism te bestrijden net hun diploma behaald.
Deze pioniersgroep Morchidat, of gidsen, die een cursus van 12 maanden hebben gevolgd die begonnen was in April beëindigden. Ze zullen worden ingezet in scholen, ziekenhuizen en gevangenissen .
Zij zullen een salaris van 5.000 dirham (450 euro, 560 dollars) per maand verdienen.
Zij ziet hun opdracht als "de hiaten invullen die een stevig kader voor godsdienst" verhinderen.
"Wij gaan verdraagzame Islam aan kansarme klassen onderwijzen zij voegde toe. Zij zullen in het bijzonder met vrouwen en kinderen in slechte ghettos werken die als vruchtbare grond voor extremistische recruiters wordt gezien.
Het idee van Morchidat, dat door Koning Mohammed VI en de overheid is onstaan na de Islamitische extremistische aanvallen in Marokkaans economisch Casablanca op 16 geëist van start Mei..2003 waar 43 mensen omkwamen
De Koning -- wie een nakomeling van Islam's stichter, Prophet Mohamed, en van brede bevoegdheden geniet -- is reeds t begonnen met godsdienstige structuren een nieuwe vorm te geven en om extremistische afwijking in zijn Noord- Afrikaans land te beteugelen, Algerije waar het geweld tussen overheidskrachten en bewapende Islamitische extremisten meer dan 150.000 sterfgevallen sinds 1992 heeft veroorzaakt.
Meer dan 2.000 mensen werden gearresteerd na het bombarderen van Mei aangezien de koning de gelofte deed de aanvallen laatste zouden zijn om Marokko te schommelen. De onderzoekers kwamen tot de conclusie dat die achter het incident inderdaadgeronseld werd in de stortende krottenwijken rond grootste stad rond van Casablanca, Marokko hadden gestreefd.
Women preachers: Morocco's new weapon against Islamic extremism
In a project unknown in Islam, Morocco has just graduated its first team of women preachers to be deployed as a vanguard in the kingdom's fight against any slide towards Islamic extremism.
In a project unknown in Islam, Morocco has just graduated its first team of women preachers to be deployed as a vanguard in the kingdom's fight against any slide towards Islamic extremism.
This pioneer group of Morchidat, or guides, who finished a 12-month course in early April, were trained to "accompany and orient" Muslim faithful, notably in prisons, hospitals and schools, said Mahfoud.
They will earn a salary of 5,000 dirhams (450 euros, 560 dollars) per month.
Short and plump, a scarf knotted around her head to cover her hair in line with religious custom, a smiling Samira Marzouk, in her 30s like most of the others, exclaims how "proud" she is to be part of this first group.
She sees their mission as one to "fill in the gaps that prevent a solid framework for religion".
"We are going to teach a tolerant Islam by focussing on the underprivileged classes," she added. They will notably work with women and children in poor ghettoes seen as fertile ground for extremist recruiters.
The idea of the Morchidat, spearheaded by King Mohammed VI and the government, took off after Islamic extremist attacks in the Moroccan economic capital Casablanca on May 16, 2003 claimed 45 lives -- including the 12 bombers -- and left dozens of others wounded.
The King -- who is a descendant of Islam's founder, the Prophet Mohamed, and enjoys wide powers -- had already started reshaping religious structures to rein in any extremist drift in his North African country, which borders Algeria where violence between government forces and armed Islamic extremists has caused more than 150,000 deaths since 1992.
But the synchronized suicide bomb attacks that hit Jewish and foreign targets gave new urgency to the initiative.
More than 2,000 people were arrested in vast police sweeps after the May bombings as the king vowed the attacks would be the last to rock Morocco. Investigators concluded that those behind the incident had indeed sought recruits in the teeming slums around Casablanca, Morocco's biggest city.
Marzouk, a young married woman with a diploma in Arab literature who said she knows the Koran by heart, was quick to specify she is "not going to take the place of an imam".
"The imamate in Islam is restricted solely to men who are apt at leading prayers, notably those on Friday," the Islamic holy day, she said.
"The Morchidat will be in charge of leading religious discussions, give courses in Islam, give moral support to people in difficulty and guide the faithful towards a tolerant Islam," she added.
Another graduate, Leila Fares, a lively young woman who holds a degree in Islamic studies, said she saw the Morchidat's role as promoting "the true face of Islam".
"We will help attenuate any drift towards Islamic extremism," she said, stressing that "an overall approach is needed to dealing with radical Islam".
During the year-long course, the curriculum ranged from Islamic studies to psychology, sociology, computer skills, economy, law and business management.
"Sports was the only subject dropped from the women preachers' training because the schedule was just too tight," regretted Mahfoud, who hopes to include it for the second batch of Morchidate trainees, whose applications are now being accepted.
For the Islamic affairs minister, Ahmed Taoufiq, the Morchidat will also "instruct women on their basis religious duties".
He said religious radicalism was not part of Morocco's culture "but you can never prevent evil one hundred percent".
Morocco's Islamic fundamentalists are divided over the inititive.
For one, Islamist deputy Mustapha Ramid with the Islamist Justice and Development party (PJD), the main opposition group with 43 seats in the 325-member parliament, the Morchidat is a "positive" development.
"I see nothing more to say about this initiative because in Islam, men and women are equal," he said, pointing to Egypt which has "eminent women scholars of Islam".
But the head of the youth group in Morocco's most radical Islamic fundamentalist association, Al-Adl Wal-Ihssane (Justice and Welfare), forecast it would have no effect on the ground.
"The power behind this initiative is the same as the one that commits acts contrary to Islam, notably degrading moral values," said Hassan Bennajeh, whose group is part of an Islamist movement that preaches non-violence and is unrecognized by authorities but still influential.
"This initiative, then, will only have a limited impact on the population," said Hassan Bennajeh.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/n...6219141.11/afp
In een project onbekend in Islam, heeft Marokko net zijn eerste team van vrouwenpredikanten dat als voorhoede in de bestrijding van het Islamitische extremism
In een project onbekend in Islam, heeft Marokko net zijn eerste team van vrouwenpredikanten dat als voorhoede in de bestrijding van het koninkrijk van om het Islamitische extremism te bestrijden net hun diploma behaald.
Deze pioniersgroep Morchidat, of gidsen, die een cursus van 12 maanden hebben gevolgd die begonnen was in April beëindigden. Ze zullen worden ingezet in scholen, ziekenhuizen en gevangenissen .
Zij zullen een salaris van 5.000 dirham (450 euro, 560 dollars) per maand verdienen.
Zij ziet hun opdracht als "de hiaten invullen die een stevig kader voor godsdienst" verhinderen.
"Wij gaan verdraagzame Islam aan kansarme klassen onderwijzen zij voegde toe. Zij zullen in het bijzonder met vrouwen en kinderen in slechte ghettos werken die als vruchtbare grond voor extremistische recruiters wordt gezien.
Het idee van Morchidat, dat door Koning Mohammed VI en de overheid is onstaan na de Islamitische extremistische aanvallen in Marokkaans economisch Casablanca op 16 geëist van start Mei..2003 waar 43 mensen omkwamen
De Koning -- wie een nakomeling van Islam's stichter, Prophet Mohamed, en van brede bevoegdheden geniet -- is reeds t begonnen met godsdienstige structuren een nieuwe vorm te geven en om extremistische afwijking in zijn Noord- Afrikaans land te beteugelen, Algerije waar het geweld tussen overheidskrachten en bewapende Islamitische extremisten meer dan 150.000 sterfgevallen sinds 1992 heeft veroorzaakt.
Meer dan 2.000 mensen werden gearresteerd na het bombarderen van Mei aangezien de koning de gelofte deed de aanvallen laatste zouden zijn om Marokko te schommelen. De onderzoekers kwamen tot de conclusie dat die achter het incident inderdaadgeronseld werd in de stortende krottenwijken rond grootste stad rond van Casablanca, Marokko hadden gestreefd.
Women preachers: Morocco's new weapon against Islamic extremism
In a project unknown in Islam, Morocco has just graduated its first team of women preachers to be deployed as a vanguard in the kingdom's fight against any slide towards Islamic extremism.
In a project unknown in Islam, Morocco has just graduated its first team of women preachers to be deployed as a vanguard in the kingdom's fight against any slide towards Islamic extremism.
This pioneer group of Morchidat, or guides, who finished a 12-month course in early April, were trained to "accompany and orient" Muslim faithful, notably in prisons, hospitals and schools, said Mahfoud.
They will earn a salary of 5,000 dirhams (450 euros, 560 dollars) per month.
Short and plump, a scarf knotted around her head to cover her hair in line with religious custom, a smiling Samira Marzouk, in her 30s like most of the others, exclaims how "proud" she is to be part of this first group.
She sees their mission as one to "fill in the gaps that prevent a solid framework for religion".
"We are going to teach a tolerant Islam by focussing on the underprivileged classes," she added. They will notably work with women and children in poor ghettoes seen as fertile ground for extremist recruiters.
The idea of the Morchidat, spearheaded by King Mohammed VI and the government, took off after Islamic extremist attacks in the Moroccan economic capital Casablanca on May 16, 2003 claimed 45 lives -- including the 12 bombers -- and left dozens of others wounded.
The King -- who is a descendant of Islam's founder, the Prophet Mohamed, and enjoys wide powers -- had already started reshaping religious structures to rein in any extremist drift in his North African country, which borders Algeria where violence between government forces and armed Islamic extremists has caused more than 150,000 deaths since 1992.
But the synchronized suicide bomb attacks that hit Jewish and foreign targets gave new urgency to the initiative.
More than 2,000 people were arrested in vast police sweeps after the May bombings as the king vowed the attacks would be the last to rock Morocco. Investigators concluded that those behind the incident had indeed sought recruits in the teeming slums around Casablanca, Morocco's biggest city.
Marzouk, a young married woman with a diploma in Arab literature who said she knows the Koran by heart, was quick to specify she is "not going to take the place of an imam".
"The imamate in Islam is restricted solely to men who are apt at leading prayers, notably those on Friday," the Islamic holy day, she said.
"The Morchidat will be in charge of leading religious discussions, give courses in Islam, give moral support to people in difficulty and guide the faithful towards a tolerant Islam," she added.
Another graduate, Leila Fares, a lively young woman who holds a degree in Islamic studies, said she saw the Morchidat's role as promoting "the true face of Islam".
"We will help attenuate any drift towards Islamic extremism," she said, stressing that "an overall approach is needed to dealing with radical Islam".
During the year-long course, the curriculum ranged from Islamic studies to psychology, sociology, computer skills, economy, law and business management.
"Sports was the only subject dropped from the women preachers' training because the schedule was just too tight," regretted Mahfoud, who hopes to include it for the second batch of Morchidate trainees, whose applications are now being accepted.
For the Islamic affairs minister, Ahmed Taoufiq, the Morchidat will also "instruct women on their basis religious duties".
He said religious radicalism was not part of Morocco's culture "but you can never prevent evil one hundred percent".
Morocco's Islamic fundamentalists are divided over the inititive.
For one, Islamist deputy Mustapha Ramid with the Islamist Justice and Development party (PJD), the main opposition group with 43 seats in the 325-member parliament, the Morchidat is a "positive" development.
"I see nothing more to say about this initiative because in Islam, men and women are equal," he said, pointing to Egypt which has "eminent women scholars of Islam".
But the head of the youth group in Morocco's most radical Islamic fundamentalist association, Al-Adl Wal-Ihssane (Justice and Welfare), forecast it would have no effect on the ground.
"The power behind this initiative is the same as the one that commits acts contrary to Islam, notably degrading moral values," said Hassan Bennajeh, whose group is part of an Islamist movement that preaches non-violence and is unrecognized by authorities but still influential.
"This initiative, then, will only have a limited impact on the population," said Hassan Bennajeh.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/n...6219141.11/afp