VIDEO: Reformed Moroccan Islamist: People are tired of Islamist movements
MEMRI - Middle East Research Institute 18.06.2022
Moroccan social activist Mayssa Salama Ennaji, a reformed Islamist, said on Sky News Arabia (UAE) that she used to sympathize with Islamist movements, but that she has "opened her eyes" and realized that Moroccan society is for everybody.
She said that the Islamists make claims that they believe in coexistence, but that once they assume power, they wage "open war" against others.
Ennaji said that people are waking up and are tired of Islamist parties "peddling" in religion instead of advancing basic rights, predicting that Islamist parties will cease to exist. She said: "We all move to countries where there is freedom, and we admire their democracy. Why don't we exercise [democracy] here?"
Source: Sky News Arabia (UAE)
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