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Rabat - Morocco’s controversial cleric, Sheikh Abdellah Annahari, has stirred up controversy on social media by claiming that Al Khawasser, a comedy TV series that aired on 2M TV is “offensive” to Arabic and “an act of aggression” against the language, although he has never seen an episode of the show.
Earlier this week, Annahari posted a video on YouTube in which he accused 2M TV channel of declaring war against Arabic, Morocco’s official language, by airing the Satirical series Al Khawasser.
Al Khawasser is a comedy parody of the classical Arabic-speaking Syrian series Al Kawasser, in which both classical Arabic and Moroccan dialect (Darija) are spoken.
Annahari apparently was not amused and accused the series of being an attack on classical Arabic.
“While Moroccans are still debating about integrating darija into early childhood education to replace Arabic, 2M TV produces such a series, transparently showing favoritism to darija over Arabic,” Annahari said.
The Oujda-based cleric called upon the Minister of Communication to address the channel’s attempt to “bombard” the foundations of the nation and its identity.
Annahari is seen in the video angrily saying that he has never seen a TV show more offensive to Arabic than Al Khawasser. Yet he admitted in the same footage that he had not seen a single episode of the show.
The controversial cleric has received criticism from social media activists who have mocked his attempt to make the series responsible for the retreat of Arabic.
Edited by Elisabeth Myers
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