Morocco: Reflections of Eid
It's been quite awhile since we last looked into the Moroccan blogosphere…so it's about time! As the Eid al-Adha celebration has recently passed, bloggers are wishing each other well and sharing stories from the holiday.
The View From Fez reports that King Mohammed VI has pardoned 502 prisoners over the holiday. In detail:
His Majesty, King Mohammed VI, has pardoned 502 prisoners for the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha, being celebrated this week. According to a Justice Ministry press release, total pardon was granted to 15 inmates over their remaining prison term or seclusion, reduction of imprisonment term or seclusion to 299, commutating of life imprisonment to time term to 3, total pardon over the prison term or its remaining time to 29.
A royal pardon was granted to 15 inmates over their remaining prison term, while a reduced prison term was granted to 299 inmates, said the Moroccan Justice Ministry in a statement.
Asmaa Mouhib wishes her readers a happy Eid:
Demain, c’est la fête de Aïd Al-Adha. Mes meilleurs vœux de bonheur et de santé à tous les musulmans du monde en cette occasion !
Agharass also shares good cheer with readers:
Salamo aalaykom, chères agharassiennes, chers agharassiens. Je vous souhaite,à toutes et à tous, de passer un bon aid el ahdha avec joie et satisfaction d’avoir accompli notre devoir spirituel envers Allah. Mes meilleurs vœux à toutes et à tous.
Maryam of My Marrakesh gives thanks of a different kind…to the sheep which are sacrificed for the Eid al-Adha feast. In a post called “A Shoukran [thank you] to Sheep,” she says:
So many of you have given your lives today.
On this holy day, this holy day of Aid.Please know….
Your symbolism has not gone lost.
Your sacrifice has not gone forgottenIncluding to those tender hearted.
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I have not labelled anybody as a royalist, “More Royalist than the Queen” is just a figure of speech. The difference in this case is, this is not sub-Saharan Africa and in this instance the situation is man-made as there is no where in the Mediterranean region a situation similar to what we have seen in the occupied territories (Please compare like with like). Jean, I think you are missing the thread here of what is going on as this is a long ongoing dialogue precisely about the role of the exported design of American style democracy as a system of governance. This is the background of this dialogue:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/05/egypt-wael-abbas-refuses-to-meet-president-bush/#comment-1537621
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/05/egypt-wael-abbas-refuses-to-meet-president-bush/#comment-1537649
This will explain my Neocon remark:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/08/global-obsession-propaganda-film-incites-anger-toward-republicans/
I do fully adhere to your theory that democracies cannot resolve our problem as they can be sometimes inherently floored and even tyrannical and that they are the only viable paradigm. I rather hold a platonic position in this subject with republican inclinations.