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Rabat- During an interview with an American television channel, Morocco’s Head of Government and Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) tried to portray an image of a tolerant Islamist. He denied any relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and accepted Egypt’s former President’s dismissal by the Egyptian Military.
While a new Abdelilah Benkirane spoke with the American Arabic-speaking TV Channel Al Hurra on Friday in Washington. Morocco’s head of government expressed contradictory stances toward several issues, compared to his previous stances. These issues include the PJD’s stance toward the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Abdelilah Benkirane apparently changed his stance on the ouster of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected President and the leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
On August 25, 2013, Abdelilah Benkirane showed sympathy with pro-Morsi in Egypt and raised the Rabaa sign (made by raising four fingers) during the Justice and Development Party’s Youth Assembly in Casablanca.
But in this interview with Al Hurra, Morocco’s PM adopted a new position. Benkirane declined to evaluate the Muslim Brotherhood’s few months of power in Egypt. He also did notwant to comment on the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt, saying, “it is an ended stage…. I don’t want to raise this topic.”
Benkirane was apparently was embarrassed by the sensibility of the theme. He turned to polite speach in order to avoid falling into the trap set by the Al Hurra Journalist. He just wished that “Egypt can overcome this crisis for the good of the Egyptian people.”
Benkirane goes on to add that his party (PJD) has no relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East. “We usually meet the Muslim Brotherhood in the international congresses, and assemblies. But a relationship of PJD with them has never existed. We absolutely don’t belong to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
Benkirane revealed that PJD is not a religious movement, stressing that it is a political party. He said that PJD “has a religious background, but it is not a religious movement. Our role is to treat the political imbalances not the religious ones.”
Benkirane goes as far to state that PJD is not the ruling party of Morocco. “PJD heads the Government only. Morocco’s president is HM king Mohamed VI.”
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