According to local reports and the Al-Jazeera Arab news website, Moroccan security forces have arrested thirteen people, accused of being members of the Islamic Liberation Party. The View from Fez understands that the arrests took place in Casablanca, Tetuan, and Meknes. If confirmed it will be the first official recognition of the existence of an organisation called the Moroccan Islamic Liberation Party in the country.
This political party is unauthorised in Morocco and believed to be linked to a party of the same name founded in the Middle East in the 1950's and gaining popularity in Central Asia during the last decade. It defines itself as a political party, seeks to restore the Islamic caliphate by removing the current Arab regimes and introducing sharia law.
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