The View from Fez reports [1] that the Moroccan government plans to shut down 60 Qur'anic schools around the country, all of which are associated with Sheikh Mohamed Ben Abderrahman Al-Maghraoui, who earlier this month decreed that the marriage of nine-year-old girls was permissible. His declaration is an affront to Morocco's 2004 Family Code, which set the age of marriage at 18 for both genders.
Morocco: Schools Closing
· Written by Jillian C. York
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Education, Governance, Law, Religion, Youth