Rabat- A video posted on Facebook and YouTube by fans of the football club Raja of Casablanca contains slogans supporting the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Some Moroccans are calling the video “unprecedented,” especially because it includes the motto, “Allaho Akbar, Ila Al-Jihad”(“Allah is the greatest, towards Jihad”).
Some Moroccans lacking a clear explanation for this unprecedented event, have called for an investigation by the competent authorities.
However, some others have said that the video is a product of the hysteria of Raja fans and has nothing to do with the influence of ISIS.
The video also showed many Raja fans cease using their common slogans and instead change them into the name of ISIS, indicating that they were simply having fun and the video was not intended to support ISIS, which represents a serious threat to the world.
It is predictable, especially after this incident, that Raja’s next matches there will be accompanied by some kind of alarm and investigation.
On the other side, the Rajawi association condemned what was posted on social networks, claiming that it encourages people to support ISIS.
Noureddine El-Bachichi, the spokesman of Rajawi, told to Alyaom 24 that they condemn all that was shown on the video. He insisted that Raja’s real fans do not behave in such way, nor do they use ISIS mottos as encouragements. Real supporters go to the stadiums to support their team, and political slogans are not their concern at all.