''Attajdid'' (''The Renewal'' in English) is a
Moroccan newspaper which is published in Arabic.
History and profile
''Attajdid'' was established in 1999.
The paper has a generally
Muslim conservative
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stance and the media outlet of the Movement of Unity and Reform.
[ It has also close ties with Justice and Development Party.][Newspapers]
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Controversy
In 2003, the paper published critical articles against those who listened to heavy metal in the country and developed an analogy between heavy metal music and satanism.[ On 6 January 2005, ''Attajdid'' published an article by its editor-in-chief Lhassan Sarrat that the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ensuing ]tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater exp ...
was God
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's punishment for sex tourism, homosexuality
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and child trafficking in southeast Asia, and that the best warning system for such catastrophes was following the teaching of Islam.debauchery
Debauchery may refer to:
* Corruption
*Libertinism
*Lust
* Binge drinking
* Currency debasement
*Debauchery (band), a German death metal band
See also
*''Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery'', a 1684 closet drama.
*LGBT rights in Kuwait
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". This statement attracted considerable controversy and opposition. The newspaper then distanced itself from the article; director Abdelilah Benkirane
Abdelilah Benkirane ( ar, عبد الإله بنكيران, born 2 April 1954) is a Moroccan politician who was Prime Minister of Morocco from November 2011 to March 2017. After having won a plurality of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election ...
declared that the article represented only the opinion of its author.
References
External links
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Newspapers established in 1999
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