Morocco

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as the 2007 parliamentary elections near, electioneering is likely to lead to increasing tensions between the government and the Islamist opposition. Indeed, the controversy over Royal Air Maroc, with the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) accusing the government of infringing religious freedom is a sign of things to come. Having said that, moves such as the King's speech to parliament on the irreversibility of the democratization process in the country regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections is certainly encouraging. Moreover, the soon to be launched single private TV station is again a step in the direction given