The
official Moroccan religion is the Orthodox Sunni Islam wholly based
on the Koran and the Sunna (the texts of the prophet). Well-attended
and practised, Islam is based on five elements : the "chahada"
(faith declaration), the "ssalat" (prayer), the "zakat"
(almsgiving), the "Ramadan" (the fast), the "hajj"
(go on a pilgrimage to the Mecque).
King
Mohamed VI is the supreme commander of the religion in Morocco. Islam
is a religion opened towards other cultures and far from the preconceived
ideas that many people have
When
you will arrive to Marrakech you will undoubtedly hear the muezzin calling
believers to pray five times a day. You will also discover plenty of
mosques all around the city and every district has its own mosque with
a tower whether it is a big mosque or a small one.
But
Marrakech is a cosmopolite city where you can also find churches dating
from the French occupation. Whether you are Muslims, Christians, Jewish
or something else, everyone has the right to believe and to be respected
whatever religion he believes in