Women Religious Leaders

Last night I had the opportunity to watch a very informative program called "Class of 2006", about S.M. the King's new training program for women religious leaders. It has its own website , which contains even more information about this initiative.

My reaction: I was aware of some factors of the recent changes in Moroccan law pertaining to women, but did not know anything about S.M.'s use of his religious status to effect these educational initiatives in the local mosques themselves. I think it's brilliant, and the newly ordained women will be a really effective force against fundamentalism and jihadism.

One can watch the entire episode online, at the link in the previous post.

Shame cos you need RealPlayer which is invasive and mucks up all my other stuff I've saved.

It also has the option for Media Player.

Another moroccan propaganda programm to the gentle willing-to-visit-morocco tourists!!!

This is just a bullshit decision that helps moroccan officials to promote morocco as a wonderful country where everything changes to the best!!!

fundamentalists are already infiltrating this programm to get a wider and somehow legitimate audience !!!

The only thing that could be really effective against fundamentalism is a wide high-level education revolution, no corruption and keen hard working politicians!!

"fundamentalists are already infiltrating this programm to get a wider and somehow legitimate audience !!!"

Yes, I could see that even from the film, but that is a risk that will have to be taken. Otherwise (supposing that clerics who end up preaching Wahhabist doctrines are violently suppressed), the monarchy would be seen as even more repressive, and these doctrines would take on an aura of righteousness they might not warrant.

"The only thing that could be really effective against fundamentalism is a wide high-level education revolution, no corruption and keen hard working politicians!!"

Absolutely, but it isn't going to happen overnight, and I see any small steps in this direction as progress.

Could you reduce corruption by becoming a politician yourself, and staying uncorrupted? You are probably able to do this effectively in a way I, and many other concerned people, cannot.

I believe that education gives you the ability to figure out that corruption is not helping anybody even when trying to escape the occasional driving fine (common habit in morocco).

When you will get that ability of resisting corruption the very moment it actually helps you, all the corrupted politicians (and other greedy animals) would virtually become extinct and transform immediately to keen hard working ones.

There is a persistant belief in morocco that people can not change things without getting elected, it's all but true. Yo can change things while staying outside the game.

Yes, change is possible, starting with oneself.