King Mohammed chairs thursday 6th Ramadan religious lecture

Morocco's King Mohammed VI, Amir Al Muminine, will chair Thursday at the royal palace in Rabat the Sixth religious lecture of this year's holy month of Ramadan.

Professor Mohamed Said Ramadane of the Damascus University school of Shariaa (Islamic law) will be probing the topic "Old and contemporary history of the Arab nation with Islam."

The lecture aired by the national radio and television networks will discuss the topic in the light of the Hadith by the Prophet Sidna Mohammad, peace and grace be upon him, saying: "Nations might sweep down upon you the way guests circle around a dish." (MAP)KML/

Holy See Foreign Minister Starts Two-Day Visit To Morocco

ROME, Dec.13(MAP)-Holy See secretary in charge of relations with states Jean Luis Tauran is expected today in Rabat on a two-day visit to the kingdom at the invitation of foreign affairs and cooperation minister Mohamed Benaissa.

The Moroccan embassy at the Holy See said Tauran will confer with Benaissa, minister of Habus and islamic affairs, Abdelkebir Alaoui M'Daghri, and the speaker of the House of Representatives Abdelouahed Radi and visit the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat.

Morocco was the first Muslim country ever to receive Pope Jean Paul II on a state visit on August 1985 at the invitation of the late King Hassan II.