Claims 'Jewish Moroccans' Enjoyed Equality with Moslems Since 1400's.
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Simultaneously, the Moroccan
Office of Information and Docu-
mentation issued another state-
ment reviewing the rights of the
Jews in Morocco. The statement,
issued under the title - "Back-
ground on the Situation of Jewish
Moroccans," reads:
"The Jews, who found refuge
in Morocco from Spanish perse-
cution in the fifteenth century,
have never lived in inequality.
They have always had complete
freedom of worship and indepen-
dence within their communities
regarding courts of justice, police,
synagogues, parochial education
and the administration of public
benefit funds. Never have res-
trictions of any sort been placed
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"Under the Petain regime in
1941 and 1942, Jewish Moroccans
did not suffer from the discrimi-
natory Nazi laws, the now exiled
Sultan, Mohammed V, being per-
sistently opposed to such . pro-
ceedings. In turn, the Jewish Mo-
roccans have repeatedly ex-
pressed their gratitude for his
forceful democratic stand. Jew-
ish Moroccans live side by side
with their Moslem countrymen
in the same towns, in the same
houses, in the same apartments.
They are in constant social and
commercial contact with each
other, carrying on their affairs as
true partners.
"Colonial propaganda based on
the 'divide and rule' principle has
failed completely to create the
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myth of Moslem-Jewish animos-
ity in Morocco, just as it has
failed to create that of Arab-
Berber differences. Discrimina-
tion in Morocco since 1912 is
directed against both Jews and
Moslems. Neither have civil or
political rights, a voice in the
government or justice before the
law; the French schools and hos-
pitals, although paid for by ' the
Moroccans, are .closed to both
Moslems and Jews. The adminis-
tration is impartial in its dislike
of Moroccans, whatever their
faith; in short, both Jews and
Moslems are in the same boat,
subject to racial discrimination
and colonial repression," the
statement asserts.
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harmed them without fear of
punishment. The banishment of
the Sultan in August, 1953,
marked, for them, a day of
mourning. The Jews of Morocco
are convinced of the necessity of
ties between France and Morocco,
but they are likewise convinced
that the Moroccan people have
now come of age and are ready
to conduct their own affairs."
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hopes and national aspirations as
the Moslems. They stand firm
in their advocacy of the return
of their Sultan, Mohammed ben
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and most crucial hours in the his-
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mentation says, "expresses the
sentiments" of the Moroccan
Jews. It is quoted as follows:
"The Moroccan Jews have an-
xiously followed the trend of
Moroccan affairs since 1950. They
love their country are are grieved
to see it troubled. Quiet and ap-
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daily events between the French
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harm them or even to deprive
them of their property, refusing
to take advantage of the anti-
Semitic decrees of the Vichy gov-
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upon them. The right to practice
their professions and to engage
in commerce, both at home and
abroad, was always assured them;
at a time when anti-Semitism was
widespread all over Europe,
theirs was a privileged position.
Moreover, they were under the
special protection of the Sultan,
which even today remains the
highest distinction a Moroccan
can attain. It is noteworthy that
Europeans who have wanted to
travel freely and with ease in
Morocco have disguised them-
selves as Jews to pass protected
and unobserved.
"Of extreme significance is the
Decree of February 5, 1864, issued
by His Majesty Mohammed IV:
`It is our order that all Jews re-
siding in our Empire, regardless
of the situation in which the
Almighty has placed them, should
be treated by our governors, ad-
ministrators and other subjects
in conformity with strict justice;
that before our courts of justice
they should be on an equal basis
with any other person; that not
even the slightest injustice may
be done them, nor any unmerited
treatment accorded them. Neither
the authorities nor any other per-
son shall do any harm to Jews,
either to their person or their
property . .. Because such an in-
justice is an injustice in the
Heavens and we cannot under
any circumstances prejudice their
rights or those of any other per-
son; our dignity is opposed with
all its might to such proceedings.
In our eyes, all men have an
equal right to ask for justice . • .'
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