
Islamic Month of Sha'ban Begins Sunday, Ramadan Expected Mid-March
The first day of the month of Chaâbane of the year 1445 of the Hegira corresponds to Sunday, February 11, 2024, the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs announced on Saturday.

The first day of the month of Chaâbane of the year 1445 of the Hegira corresponds to Sunday, February 11, 2024, the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs announced on Saturday.

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs has just unveiled the pilgrimage fees for the 1445 H season, for Moroccan pilgrims.

Faced with a growing crisis related to cemetery space in Morocco , Ahmed Toufiq, the Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, addressed the issue on Monday before the House of Representatives.

King Mohammed VI has ordered that supplicatory prayers (salat al-istisqa) be performed on Friday at 10 AM in the prayer areas (mousallas) and major mosques throughout the regions and provinces of the Kingdom, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced in a statement.

Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) are calling on the Moroccan diplomatic representations in their countries of residence to have the restrictions on their property in Sidi Rahal, taken by the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs, lifted.

Following an intervention by Nabila Mounib, deputy of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) before the Commission on Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Ahmed Toufiq, Moroccan Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, had to explain the management of certain waqfs by a Moroccan Jew.

The fake document banning preachers from mentioning Palestine in mosques comes from a non-Moroccan source, the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs has clarified.

The document reporting a supposed ban on Moroccan preachers from addressing the situation in Palestine in mosques is false, categorically denied by the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs .

The devastating earthquake in Al Haouz destroyed 2,516 places of worship, said the Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, stressing that their rehabilitation requires an investment of 1.2 billion dirhams.

The month of Rabi-I 1445 of the Hijri calendar will begin on Sunday, September 17, 2023 and Eid Al Mawlid Annabaoui will be celebrated on Thursday, September 28, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced.

Very few Moroccans continue to trust their political institutions, according to the latest report from the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA).

In Morocco, Aid Al Mawlid Annabaoui, the festival celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammad, will be celebrated this September.