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- The Moroccan Monarchy and the Islam-oriented PJD: Pragmatic Cohabitation and the Need for Islamic Po...
The Moroccan Monarchy and the Islam-oriented PJD: Pragmatic Cohabitation and the Need for Islamic Political Secularism
Authors : Abdellatif Hissouf
Pages : 43-56
Doi:10.20991/allazimuth.167341
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Publication Date : 2016-01-02
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :This paper aims to analyze the political relationship between the Moroccan monarchy and the moderate Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PJD);, which has been in power since 2011. The research methodology involves an in-depth case analysis and relies on a substantial number of primary and secondary sources such as official speeches, official political statements, journal articles and newspapers. The study finds the relationship between the PJD and the monarchy inconsistent, similar to the PJD’s relationship with other political parties. The paper argues that adopting an approach based on an Islamic political secularism that considers Morocco’s specific political realities may ease tension between the PJD on the one hand and the monarchy and other parties on the otherKeywords : Islamic secularism, political Islam, Moroccan politics, Party of Justice and Development Morocco, King Mohammed VI, Abdelilah Benkirane, Makhzen
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