Story about Tsunami causes sparks controversy in Morocco

[LalaMimi]

A story published recently by “Attajdid” daily about the causes of Tsunami has caused a controversy in Morocco.

The story, titled "sexual tourism and Tsunami : a preventive alarm to Morocco before it's too late” has led several political parties, associations and newspapers to condemn the analyses and conclusions of the story written by the editor in chief of the paper.


The author upholds that “the tides that swept several southeastern Asian countries are God's punishment and a dangerous alarm for Morocco, which has become a favorite destination for sexual tourism”, calling the kingdom to take the appropriate measures against the phenomenon (of sexual tourism) before “divine wrath and collective punishment”.


According to the Moroccan organization against hatred and racism, the article is “a moral crime against humanity, and attack on humanity wherever it is and not only in the stricken areas”.

The Organization also deems that considering this disaster as “a preventive alarm to Morocco” is part of a tendency to push Morocco to relinquish its democratic and modern choices. It also praised the Moroccan press attitude which stood up against the story.


Several Arab associations and political parties have also expressed indignation for this type of discourse adopted by various extremist movements, following the human tragedy that killed thousands of Muslims and non-Muslims.


On its part the “Chabiba Ittihadia”, youth section of the Socialist Union of Popular forces (USFP/socialist party in government), said “it disapproves this shameful journalistic handling and the despise it shows for thousands of victims, as well as the attitude that is based on non-scientific reasons".


The USFP youth section also lashes out at the Moroccan political party (PJD) which adopted the same theory of divine punishment. This attitude, says the youth section, raises several question on “the contents of the “project of the society” upheld by this trend”.


“Chabiba Ittihadia” further insists that “genuine political balances shall not be built at the expense of values and references that make the basis of democracy, reason and tolerance”.


The PJD had stressed that a TV broadcast on Moroccan journalists' rejection of the article is part of a slant campaign against the party and an attempt to tarnish its image and to involve it in a controversy between various press bodies.


The PJD communiqué also calls the government to “take the appropriate legal means to rehabilitate the party's institutions, militants and supporters harmed by this immature behavior”.

[Kendra1]

people can be so disgusting