Of Mice And Men

The fever that has struck the world, locally as well as at the international level, as of late regarding the rights of the berbers has gone a little beyond the borders of common sense. While some of these berbers claim that they are a majority in Morocco and, therefore, thereby try to shove their retarded language into the educational system; others mourn their reduced number vis-Ã -vis the rest of the Moroccans and, for that reason, call for minority rights. In either case, this appears to be a systematic scheme to shield the rights of another important community in Morocco - probably not important in number but which has contributed a lot to the development of the country in many respects : the Jewish community.Now consider these facts :- Hebrew, a semitic language par excellence, is far better than the mumbo-jumbo called berber, and vehicles an important load of cultural, religious and historic patrimony. Some scholars in theology maintain that the knowledge of the Torah and the bible codes in their original language can be of great help to the muslims in understanding their own Coran. Given these concrete facts, it would be more logical to institutionalize the teaching of Hebrew in public schools rather than give the chance to those goat-shagging berbers to mess up universally established languages and knowledge.Also, the Jewish community is definitely a minority and should enjoy every right that international standards grant them as such.- The Moroccan jewish community does not have free access to public schools. Jewish boys and girls are always confined to the private educational sector - although this should be considered a blessing, given the mediocrity that prevails in government schools. Educational syllabi and programs are all focused on such specific topics as the history of King Hassan, the personality of King Hassan, the achievements of King Hassan, the clairvoyance of King Hassan and a load of similar useless gobbledygook. Besides, Islam is taught in public schools but not Judaism : an undisputable violation of the rights of minorities.-The Moroccan jews are deprived of so many basic rights including, but not limited to,their right to PUBLICLY celebrating their religious festivals such as the Shabbat, Hannukah, Yom Kippur and other festivals.While muslim festival are always accompanied with rather exaggerated paraphernalia, at home,in the streets, and in the press - both broadcast and written, jewish religious festivals always go unnoticed.In the light of all this, the Moroccan regime has only been able to consider the rights of minorities, but apparently targetted the wrong guys : the berberos!Therefore, when one talks about granting the rights to local minorities, one always needs to start by those that deserve it.

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