No link at all between mosques and terrorism, minister

Moroccan minister of Habous (Islamic endowments) and Islamic affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, said Tuesday there was no link at all between Mosques and terrorism.

Speaking during question time at the House of Advisers (parliament upper chamber) on the ministry control over mosques, Toufiq reaffirmed his department's resolve to protect mosques against extremism and put an end to the discourse attempting to link mosques to terrorism.

On mosques that were financed by individuals, the minister said that from a legal point of view, such mosques are not private. I don't think charitable persons build mosques and pay staff to make them a source of terrorism, he insisted.