Word: hassan
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Arab and African leaders generally sneer at Hassan II of Morocco because he is a King in an era of crumbled monarchies. Yet such "progressives" as Egypt's Nasser and Ghana's Nkrumah would not dare to let their own people indulge in the measure of press freedom and political democracy that Hassan allowed in last week's national elections...
...stake were 144 seats for a House of Representatives, the first freely elected chamber since Morocco won independence from France seven years ago, and the field was wide open. Hassan's major opposition parties, the nationalist Istiqlal and the leftist National Union of Popular Forces, were out in strength, and even the Communist Party-officially outlawed but quietly tolerated-fielded three candidates. Opposition newspapers circulated freely, and one prominent politician got away with calling the King a liar...
...Nasserites because he has been a longtime admirer of Egypt's strongman and believes in unity at all costs. At week's end, the regime in neighboring Iraq was also giving ground to the Nasserites. The entire Baath-dominated Cabinet resigned, but lean, balding Premier Hassan Bakr was commissioned to form a new government, presumably one with greater pro-Nasser representation, which might forestall street demonstrations...
...most Moslem countries, Bahai is still regarded as a dangerous heresy-perhaps because oldtime Persian followers of Bab advocated their divine right to assassinate enemies. Last December three Bahai followers in Morocco were condemned to death for proselytizing among Moslems. While visiting New York early this month, King Hassan II agreed to consider pardons if the sentences are appealed...
However, even though there turned out to be gold (and iron) in Mauritania's sands, it has become increasingly plain that Morocco's pragmatic young King Hassan II does not share his father's fervent faith in a "Greater Morocco" and realizes, in any case, that its big neighbor is here to stay. Moreover, the King now has sufficient political strength to resist pressure from the nationalist Istiqlal Party, most dogged advocate of Mauritania's annexation. Last month, he decided to repatriate four prominent Mauritanian exiles who had been leading the campaign against their country, from...