Question

Discuss the impact of religion on the independence struggle in anyone country in North Africa

Answer 1

Answer:

Religious and ethnic nationalism has led toconflicts about control of state power, unequal allocation of resources, citizenship issues, state collapse, economic decline and ethno-religious clashes.

Mass education fosters democracy by increasing exposure to democratic ideals, promoting economic growth and the rise of a middle class, and dispersing influence beyond a small elite." Christianity definitely had animpact, both positive and negative, on the socio-political life of the people of sub-Saharan Africa.

Religions promote social change by guiding their followers to share or "live" their views. By encouraging the outward expression ofreligious views, the views become a vehicle for social change. The acceptance or rejection of the social changes are often tied to personal belief as well.

Answer 2

Morocco is a Northern African country, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and the annexed Western Sahara. Historically, Morocco had oscillated between periods of religious tolerance & intolerance.

Explanation:

• The region had undergone a time of considerable religious freedom since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in 698, before the ruling Almorav dynasty in the 11th and 12th centuries. Jews and Christians had to pay extra taxes, but they could still practice their religion freely, making for a prosperous Jewish Golden Age.
• The next Almohad caliphate developed a stringent islamic law and forced non-Muslims to convert on death 's penalty. Lateral dynasties introduced policies of religious freedom which allowed Jews & Christians to return to the nation. The repression of religious minorities by the government and  violent mobs had characterized the later dynasties.
• Morocco came under the Vichy regime, supporter of the Nazis during the Second World War, which sought to send the Jewish population to concentration camps. Mohammed V of Morocco blocked this effort. Despite Mohammed's protests, however, some Nazi race legislation remained in place and he had to sign some laws which barred Jews from certain schools and positions of government.
• With the close of the 19th century, Morocco was more dominated by European forces , especially Spain & France. Morocco was split into a French and a Spanish Protectorate after the Agadir War, formally acknowledging the three Moroccan faiths of  Judaism, Islam, & Roman Catholicism,
• In the burgeoning Moroccan Nationalist Movement, intellectuals tended to promote secularism, supported the separation of the Church from the State and opposed the power & authority of the religious powers during this period.
• Following talks with France, Mohammed V had become the first king of independent Morocco to set up the nation as a constitutional monarchy. During his rule a constitution was drawn up, but it was only ratified after his death in 1962.
• This Constitution establishes Islam as Morocco 's state faith,  granting citizens of Morocco freedom of religion. Judaism was also accorded a privileged status in Morocco and regarded as an integral part of the Moroccan society