Comments on: Morocco: Bloggers React to Failed Meknes Suicide Bombing

By: Jillian York

Jillian York — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:24:53 +0000

Alistair – I AM aware of butagaz, having lived in Morocco for quite some time, and yet have never seen anyone carry a canister of it through Place Hedim. In fact, if this man lived in that general neighborhood, he would hardly have to walk a meter to find a shop which carries it, so I see no reason for him to take such a long journey just for gas.

Stop apologizing for this man’s actions and get a clue.

By: mlionel

mlionel — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:35:55 +0000

Morocco has never had such incidence when you look back to the king Hassan 2nd‘s era.
Nowadays, with the all the freedom and the democracy Moroccan government are trying to work on gradually, some few people came up with a new interpretation of Islam.
With the high rate of unemployment, poverty, desperation, lack of the facilities to practice any activities or hobbies and extreme anxiety has made a lot of Moroccan youngster lost their faith to any better changes, they’re fed up with their lives, they lost their sense of what’s wrong and what’s right, they become full of bitterness to the whole system they even lost their hope for life.
They turned into easy target to be misled, promise them a heaven in the second life and they believe that’s worth to kill their selves.
They became blind about the fact that’s they are just killing themselves and other innocent people. More than that they’re making all Moroccans lives more difficult than what it is.
The education in Morocco is not helping at all. We have always been taught that we’re better than the rest of the humans because we’re Muslims. We’re higher & cleaner and the others are dirty & sinner.
I remember few years ago in my parents home, I said “Good morning” to my seven years old sister, she replied to me it’s a sin to say so. She insisted that we have to great each other now on in the house with only “Salaam” at any time of the day. She said her teacher at school said only none believer & sinner who great otherwise.

Islam has been always with life not against it, encouraging Muslims to smile and enjoy the gift of life and made it clear taking other lives is the worst sin you can ever commit. No way, you can dream about getting to heaven afterwards.

By: Alistair, London

Alistair, London — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:43:14 +0000

what a load of crap, the guy’s probably an innocent civilian, on his way home after buying a gas cylinder, who happened to be near a tourism bus. if you didn’t know people buy gas cylinders in Morocco everyday, all over the country their known as ‘bota gas’, and these type of accidents are commonplace (along with car accidents). Most people in Morocco do not have a fixed gas supply so they have to buy it in gas cylinders. (remember Morocco is still a developing country)

By: GEM

GEM — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:30:28 +0000

WHY CAN’T EVERYONE JUST GET ALONG, AND LIVE IN PEACE… GOD BLESS

By: Jillian York

Jillian York — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:33:06 +0000

Actually, John, the proper name in Arabic would be closer to Al-Hadim, often pronounced and transliterated “Lahdim,” however in French, it is most commonly spelled “Place Hedim” (the name being “Hedim” and the “l” or “al” representing the definite article), which is why I spelled it that way.

By: edward

edward — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:39:01 +0000

I feel these bombers are a threat to innocent ppl it is who see it from Iraq that others tries it from this point
getting so every one has to be watched for the safety of other people its too bad we have bad ppl find a way to hurt others

By: John Turturro

John Turturro — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:17:56 +0000

The exact name is Place Lahdim, not place Hedim, I think

By: punchman

punchman — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:38:54 +0000

“Is it the extremist, or the media, that blow things up”