Morocco has been hailed as a Moderate Islamic nation. Well as we have discovered, there is no such thing. The Islamist PJD Party has won the elections.
(Reuters) – Morocco’s moderate Islamist PJD party won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election, final results showed Sunday, in the latest sign of a resurgence of faith-based movements since the Arab Spring uprisings.
The victory for Morocco’s Justice and Development Party came a month after Tunisia handed power to a previously-banned party of moderate Islamists. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is also expected to do well in an election starting Monday.
PJD, which will get its first chance to head a coalition government, has said it will promote Islamic finance but steer clear of imposing a strict moral code on a country that depends on tourism.
The party, whose deceased founder was a physician of King Mohammed’s grandfather, is loyal to the monarchy and backs its role as the supreme religious authority in the country.
PJD won 107 seats in the 395-seat parliament, according to results from the interior ministry carried by the official MAP news agency.
Libya is now under Islamists, Tunisia has declared a Caliphate and now Morrow is Islamist. Then the Muslim Brotherhood is excepted to do well ijn Egypt’s elections. We are seeing the beginning of a North African Caliphate.
Good going there Obama, Clinton, McCain and Ms. Graham.
Tags: Arab Spring, Popular Uprising
