Abdelkrim Motii ( ar, عبد الكريم المطيع; born 25 November 1935 in
Ben Ahmed
Ben Ahmed (Moroccan Arabic: بن أحمد) is a town in Settat Province, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
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) is the co-founder with Kamal Ibrahim of
Chabiba islamia ("Islamic Youth") in 1969.
After being accused of implication in the December 18, 1975, assassination of
Omar Benjelloun a leftist leader and journalist, Motii fled to
Saudi Arabia
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where he was involved in the
1979 Grand Mosque seizure in Mecca.
[Abdellatif El Azizi, Report au 2 avril du procès Abdelkrim Al Khatib contre Mohamed Ziane: ''Qui a tué Omar Benjelloun?''] He subsequently fled again to
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
where he is believed to live now in exile. He has since adopted a much more moderate attitude and declared that he is ready to go back to Morocco if he is offered enough guarantees.
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Living people
Moroccan exiles
Moroccan Islamists
Moroccan politicians
Moroccan expatriates in Libya
1935 births
People from Ben Ahmed
Moroccan schoolteachers
20th-century Moroccan educators
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