Hi,
I am re-uploading these readings with new links that will hopefully work:


Readings:
The (Re)Fashioning of Moroccan National Identity



Some Major points to consider for this article:
I. 3 Pillars of Moroccan National Identity:

1. Monarchy as the primary religious and national symbol of Morocco.

2. Morocco is a Muslim and arab country

3. territory of Western Sahara is an inalienable part of Morocco

II. Fukuyama's outlook as it pertains to Morocco:

• Capitalism would spread and Democracy would prevail in a post-USSR world

• In response to S. Huntigton – Morocco called for discourse among the nations to avoid such a clash.

• Moroccan Islam: King as “commander of the faithful”

III. Please explain The Makhzen system?

What wasThe Agadir charter?

IV.“Amazhig” identity – what is its role and its relationship with the monarchy?

V. Judeo-Christian west is for Islamist the rival “Other”

• Gulf war ('91) as “Civilization War”

• For Islamist Morocco has achieved political independence without cultural independence.

• Imparting of a foreign model to a Muslim country

• results in cultural alienation and return to Shari’a / fundamentalism

VI. State Fundamentalism

• Islamizing modernity vs. modernizing Islam - WHat does this mean? Examples?

• Is the monarchy responsible for fundamentalism?

• Why did it encouraged Wahabism? Examples? (ie; Educational curriculum (anti-West, and anti-Zionist)

• Moroccan identity based on rejection of the West and Judaism while promoting a peaceful discourse.

VII. Conclusion

• Amazhig vs. Istiqlal - how does this reshape national identity?

• Will this become a unifying factor for Morocco?

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Reading for next week (10.12.09)

From Hasan II to Muhammad Vi- Plus Ça Change