Moroccan Civil Society Petitions King as PJD Accused of Politicizing Mosques Ahead of Elections

Responding to the oral questions of the parliamentary group of the Lamp party on the role of mosques in the fight against the epidemic and the situation of staff (imams, muezzins and maintenance staff), the Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Taoufiq, highlighted the promotion of places of worship and their involvement in a humanitarian mission, reports Assabah. He also hinted that the PJD intends to invest these places of worship for electoral purposes.

In his question to the minister, Khalid Boukerâi, a member of the PJD parliamentary group, stated that "mosques, which are places of worship, should be used as spaces for education, calling on imams and preachers to join the campaign against the pandemic of the new coronavirus." He also pleaded for the improvement of the situation of those in charge of the mosques.

The PJD parliamentary group thus displays its determination to exploit these spaces for electoral purposes, which is not to the liking of civil society, which has warned the party in a petition addressed to the king. In this petition, it accuses the ideological arm of the Lamp party of taking over places of worship and orienting them according to its ideological approach, in violation of the principle of Maliki jurisprudence. A way for him to capture the electorate of more than twenty thousand sympathizers in 2021.