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• Judge Orders Catholic School to Readmit Veiled Student After Ban
  26 November 2020, by Kamal

  A young girl, in her first year of middle school, prevailed over her school, which had banned her from attending classes for wearing a veil. The decision was made on Wednesday by the court of first instance in Kénitra.
  The tug-of-war between the parents of the veiled little girl and the Catholic school Don Bosco would have only lasted a few days. The child has been reinstated in her rights, and will be able to return to school immediately.
  Enforceable, the investigating judge ordered (…)

• Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Moroccan Charity Launches Rural Development Project in Marrakech
  27 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Defying the health crisis, the MekkiL’ association has officially launched its pilot project "douars en vie" in Marrakech, in the presence of its president Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Douar Seraghna is the first beneficiary of the pilot project, which will then be extended to other douars with the support of the Dacathlon Foundation.
  Planned over 5 years, "Douars en vie" has the main objective of working to reduce social and territorial inequalities and to support the most vulnerable (…)

• Jewish Leaders Call for Protection of Muslim Children Amid French Terror Investigations
  27 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Apology for terrorism, death threats, insults or incitement to hatred, these are the subjects on which hundreds of investigations have been launched in France after the assassination of Samuel Paty. In the wake of these cases also relating to children, nearly 40 Jewish personalities signed a column on Wednesday, November 25, for their defense.
  "Muslim children must be protected like the others" indicated in l’Obs the signatories, including the former president of Médecins sans frontières (…)

• Moroccan Mother Arrested for Renting Baby to Beggar in Alleged Human Trafficking Scheme
  29 November 2020, by Kamal

  Two individuals, a young woman and a young man, were arrested on Saturday and brought before the general prosecutor’s office in Rabat, for their alleged involvement in a case of human trafficking, kidnapping a baby for begging purposes, and endangering the life of others.
  The young mother is facing multiple charges. She reported the kidnapping of her child near Bab Had Square in Rabat, and 48 hours later, the kidnapper was located and apprehended by the judicial police services. (…)

• Divorced Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Infanticide in Morocco
  5 December 2020, by Kamal

  The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of Rabat sentenced a divorced woman to 4 years in prison, for voluntary homicide, prostitution and contempt of court. The thirtysomething had killed her baby, unable to win back her ex-husband.
  Although separated from her husband, the thirtysomething continued to have intimate relations with her ex-spouse. She wanted to have a child to force him to come back to her, she told the judge.
  Exasperated by her ex-husband’s reaction, the young woman (…)

• French Justice Minister Praises Morocco’s Anti-Terror Cooperation During Official Visit
  8 December 2020, by Jérôme

  Eric Dupond-Moretti is pleased with the effective judicial cooperation between France and Morocco. This is what should be remembered from the statement of the French Minister of Justice, as part of his two-day official visit (December 6-7) to the Kingdom.
  "France and Morocco cooperate effectively in the fight against terrorism, including in a framework that also involves Belgium and Spain," the French minister said at a press conference following his meeting with the Attorney General of (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences Child Killer to Life in Prison for 5-Year-Old’s Murder
  10 December 2020, by Kamal

  The Court of Appeal of Rabat has sentenced the murderer of little Ismail to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of premeditated voluntary manslaughter.
  The victim’s father says he is relieved by this verdict. "We were watching the trial on screen, and the final verdict of the court is fair. Thank God, we are satisfied. This is what we hoped for," he told the media.
  The facts had taken place in a suburban neighborhood of Salé. Ismail, a 5-year-old boy, had been coldly slit in the (…)

• Mother Arrested for Exhuming Child’s Remains in Fertility Ritual Attempt
  10 December 2020, by Ginette

  A rather strange scene at the Jorf El Melha cemetery, near Sidi Kacem, where three women were caught in the act of exhuming the body of a child. Among them, the child’s mother.
  What can a mother be looking for in the cemetery, digging up the body of her dead child, a few months ago? Witchcraft rituals, say the first witnesses of this rather strange scene. According to the daily Assabah, the mother reportedly confessed to the police that she wanted to use her son’s bones for a purification (…)

• France-Morocco Deal on Unaccompanied Minors Sparks Controversy Among Rights Groups
  18 December 2020, by Jérôme

  The agreement recently signed between France and Morocco to simplify the return of unaccompanied Moroccan minors to their country of origin is far from satisfying everyone. Associations and lawyers denounce the lack of clarity of a text they consider not in line with "the best interests of children".
  The text of the agreement signed on December 7, during the visit of the French Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, and which indicated that its objective was to "allow youth judges to (…)

• Belgian Boy, 9, Rescued from Syrian Camp After Mother’s Abduction
  27 December 2020, by Ginette

  A 9-year-old boy, kidnapped by his mother and taken to Syria, was repatriated on Friday to Belgium. The information was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which specified that the child was with his mother in the Roj camp, near the Turkish border.
  The child’s mother took him to Syria "to join the caliphate" in 2014. And it is still she who requested that he be repatriated and handed over to his father in Belgium. "I want him to leave. He can no longer stay here," his mother (…)