27 November 2011

‘We will rule as a political party, not religious one’: head of Morocco’s Justice and Development party

The victory of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco’s first legislative elections after the new constitution was quite expected, yet euphoric celebrations in the party’s headquarters and all over the country still denote the element of surprise to Islamists who, observers say, would never have dreamed of reaching such glory.

It remains to be seen how the new government will chart the coming stage of Morocco’s political scene and this what Al Arabiya was out to know in the first interview by Justice and Development head Abdel Ilah Bin Kiran after the victory. [Al Arabiya News] Read more