Morocco is winning counterterrorism fight through spreading moderate Islam, paper

Rome - Morocco is winning the counterterrorism fight particularly through the promotion and dissemination of moderate Islam as an antidote to religious fundamentalism, wrote Italian newspaper "Il Foglio" commenting on the last African tour of HM King Mohammed VI.

The paper said in its Wednesday issue that Morocco has embarked for several years on the fight against religious fundamentalism and terrorism, an approach that found today its full scope in the strategic choices of the Kingdom, recalling in this context the tour in Western Africa by HM the King.

Entitled "The Moroccan model", the author of the article points out that the first leg of the royal tour was Mali, a torn country where Rabat plays, both at the request of the Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and that of officials of the National Liberation Movement of Azawad (MLNA), a crucial role in the process of pacification and democratization of the country.