
In
keeping with its openness to scientific activities and its mission as a center
incubating young researchers and talents, Menassat hosted master's research
students around a research paper, "Religion and Public Space in Morocco:
The Case of the Moudawana, What Dynamic?" produced by researcher Charki
Atioui. The meeting was held at Menassat premises on February 24 of the current
year and was moderated by Fatima Zahra Akkif, project manager within the
organization.
Charki
Atioui addressed the religious phenomenon through several scientific and
sociological approaches, highlighting the major transformations observed in the
religious field and all the interactions taking place in this regard in public
space in Morocco. In this respect, the researcher presented several indicators
that marked this shift of religious discourse from the public sphere toward
social networks as new channels that address the religious phenomenon. From a
comprehensive perspective, the researcher explores how these green spaces have
become a place for the deployment of religion, as a strategy for approaching
this issue differently, without nevertheless risking the restrictions
surrounding the religious dimension.
Furthermore,
the researcher also raised the question of the Moudawana and all the debates
sparked in public space on the occasion of its reform. In this sense, Atioui
particularly emphasized certain questions where it is a matter of linking
women's rights to religious principles without nevertheless undermining
religious integrity and unity. These questions, the researcher believes,
require scientific analysis to understand the deployment of religion in the
different spheres of social life.
This
meeting also provided an opportunity to examine the different questions and
issues related to the religious phenomenon in Moroccan society from a
scientific and sociological angle. The interventions of the research students
contributed to broadening the debate on the religious phenomenon and its
manifestations in public space.
As a reminder, Menassat is a research center and an open
scientific space for carrying out and presenting research and leading
scientific and civic discussions. Menassat is a crossroads that brings together
young researchers, academics, and actors from all spheres around themes and
debates concerning Moroccan society. The main mission of the organization is to
contribute to the development of public policies and decision-making by
developing social research, conducting field studies, and applying various scientific
approaches to social issues, whether at the local, regional, or national level.
The idea is also to provide scientific output, expertise, and objective
analyses to decision-makers, academics, opinion leaders, civil society
representatives, and all stakeholders who contribute to the development of
Moroccan society.
