Exhibition on the Jews of Morocco, a message of hope, reason

Andre Azoulay, Advisor to King Mohammed VI, on Tuesday said the exhibition held in Brussels on the Jews of Morocco is a message of hope and reason that fills all Moroccans with pride.

"Beyond its exceptional cultural and patrimonial character, the exhibition on the permanence and depth of the Muslim-Jewish cohabitation in Morocco is a message of hope and reason that fills all Moroccans with pride," said Azoulay, while dedicating in Brussels the 15-day exhibition on the Jews of Morocco.

Azoulay recalled the speech made by King Mohammed VI at the dedication of the Mohammed V Square in Paris, a speech, he said, that emphasized once again the fundamental choices of Morocco, "a nation proud of the unity of its identity, anchored in its Muslim faith and which does not intent to cede its millenary anchorage in the culture of dialogue, overture and sharing with the other."

Other speakers took the floor to laud the cohabitation and interaction between Muslims and Jews in Morocco. Such cohabitation is a lesson of tolerance and of rejection of exclusion, a speaker said.

The exhibition, sponsored by King Mohammed VI and King Albert II of Belgium, features art pieces, books, ancient manuscripts, jewelry, photos.