Reforming Radical Islam: The Moroccan Model

Dr. Mohsine El Ahmadi. Dr. El Ahmadi has written extensively on
Islamist movements in Morocco and will examine the governments efforts
to fight radical Islamist movements in the wake of the Casablanca
bombings of 2003.

Since then, the Moroccan government has undertaken a vigorous effort to
reform the countrys religious institutions and thinking by seeking to
occupy a space once dominated by radical Islamist movements. It has
sought to gain full control of religious activities throughout Morocco
as well as to reintroduce Sufi religiosity in politics. Dr. El Ahmadi
will give a general overview of the religious and political debate
between the state and Islamist movements in Morocco while examining the
efficiency of such policies in the mid- and long-term.