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There are some 800
active European proselytizers in Morocco where some 1,000 people
converted to Christianity in 2004. (Reuters) |
1.Christian Missionaries Eye Morocco
[By
IslamOnline(IOL)]
A new breed of Christian missionaries is turning to the North African
Muslim kingdom of Morocco in search for new ground to spread their faith.
"The goal is to give a clear presentation of the Gospel," Tyler, a member of
an Ohio Baptist church who set up Project North Africa in Morocco, told
Reuters on Monday, December 15. "If you had the cure to the AIDS virus,
would you not want to take it to the people?"
Tyler, who says his work could be disrupted if he gave his surname, has come
to Morocco some three years ago.
"Three years ago I began praying about parts of the world that had not taken
up the Gospel."
Since then, he has been preparing the ground for colleagues, mostly from
South America, who would learn Morocco's dialect and seek to set up small
businesses to fund the group's evangelical work.
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2. Morocco CIA Factbook
[By
CIA THE WORLD FACTBOOK
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Languages:
Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit,
Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)
Religions:
Muslim 99% (official), Christian 1%, Jewish about 6,000
Population:
32,309,239 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
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3.Morocco: christian
missonary
[International
Islamic News Agency(IINA)]
Rabat, Safar 13/Apr 26,2002(IINA) – The Socialist Unionist Party, the
largest of the parties in the Moroccan Government, has warned of intensified
Christian missionary activity in the country, particularly among the youth.
A statement issued by the party says that this heightened activity is due to
the fact that Morocco is strategically situated and is close to Europe, and
because many segments of Morocco’s people speak foreign languages, such as
French, Spanish, and English, which makes for easy communication with them.
The report goes on to point out that many of the Postal Boxes in such cities
as Marrakech are overflowing with Bibles, including addresses for anyone who
wished to make contact, for clarification of any matter.
The report also confirms that a number of youths who have been won over,
have formed themselves into cohesive groups that seek to attract more of
their kind, despite the security surveillance on such activities and the
warning of parents. The missionaries use several ruses in their efforts to
attract followers.
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4.
Morocco Info
[By
U.S Library of Congress]
The coastal regions of present-day Morocco shared in an early
Neolithic culture that was common to the whole Mediterranean littoral.
Archaeological remains point to the domestication of cattle and the
cultivation of crops in the region during that period. Eight thousand years
ago, south of the great mountain ranges in what is now the Sahara Desert, a
vast savanna supported Neolithic hunters and herders whose culture
flourished until the region began to desiccate as a result of climatic
changes after 4000 B.C. The Berbers entered Moroccan history toward the end
of the second millennium B.C., when they made initial contact with oasis
dwellers on the steppe who may have been the remnants of the earlier savanna
people.
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