Word: morocco
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...Middle East grapples with how to democratize while also including the Islamist movements that have become increasingly popular in the last three decades, Sept. 7's parliamentary elections in Morocco offer some useful insights. A poll two years ago indicated that 47% of Moroccans would vote for Morocco's Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD). That 47% turns out to be a curiously recurrent statistic. In 1991, the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front won the first round of elections with 47%, an outcome that plunged the military into panic and the country into a bloody civil war. This July, Turkey...
...Morocco, the PJD seeks to emulate the Turkish rather than the Algerian model. If King Mohammed VI allows the PJD's evolution to continue - the party is currently the main opposition to a ruling coalition largely composed of nationalist and socialist parties - this may be good for Morocco and establish a pattern for other Arab countries to follow...
...strategy seems to be vindicated by its growing popularity and the relaxed attitude of Morocco's Western allies toward it. For example, in May 2006 Saad Eddine el-Othmani, the PJD secretary general, toured think tanks and met congressmen in Washington in a visit coordinated with the State Department. According to an American official, the trip was intended to show that the U.S. could do business with this kind of Islamist...
...been enforced. The PJD has understood that the electorate demands good governance, not banning alcohol or imposing a particular dress code on women. No liquor shop has been closed, no woman has been forced to wear the veil. This suggests that if the party eventually gains power, Morocco and Western critics would not necessarily have to fear an Islamist party...
...general entertaining. Courses average $100 for a three-hour class and are taught by staff and celebrity chefs. Three years ago, the company raised the heat, teaming up with the Culinary Institute of America to offer 4-to-10-day luxury culinary tours to destinations like Vietnam, Italy and Morocco for $2,200 to $7,000 per person...