Moroccan Monarchy and the Islamist Challenge

Daadaoui, Mohamed

doi:10.1057/9780230120068

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“…… This respect for authority is composed of the admiration and fear that arise from the ruler's form of imperium, his greatness, and his moral qualities" (1995,154). To bring in the Islamic framework, the description put forth by Althusius of this 'reverent attitude' is a strikingly accurate summary of the sacred soft power attributed to the ruling Alawite Monarchy by the Moroccan public due to the Islamic nature of its authority, namely, descent from the Prophet PBUH (Chafik and Drechsler 2022;Daadaoui 2011). The dynamics of the central Moroccan state devolving power to a rural collegium in the form of an apiary will be explored shortly.…”

Section: Devolution Indigenous Cooperatives and Natural Resource Commonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plan Bee: The Case of an Islamic Honey Cooperative in Morocco

Chafik¹

2023

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Taddaret Inzerki is an indigenous honey cooperative (i.e. apiary) in rural Morocco that has operated autonomously for centuries. To understand the devolved status of the apiary, and accordingly, explore the often overlooked field of (non-Western) traditional community-based administrative systems and practices, this essay first provides a brief summary of devolution theory (based on Althusius’ Politica) and the track record of similar policies in the context of natural resource management. The case of Taddaret Inzerki, which is the core contribution of the essay, is then presented along the lines of a Geertzian thick description, revealing both the apiary’s historical foundation and its three enduring institutional goals stemming from the rules of the commons: ensuring the welfare of bees, properly treating fellow beekeepers, and fulfilling Islamic requisites. The result for the villagers upholding their sacred craft of Islamic beekeeping is that they are able to generate a reliable livelihood and preserve their shared natural resource commons. However, this essay argues that this administrative arrangement also proves beneficial at the national and even global level, and concludes by suggesting potential avenues of future research.

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Section: Devolution Indigenous Cooperatives and Natural Resource Commonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plan Bee: The Case of an Islamic Honey Cooperative in Morocco

Chafik¹

2023

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“…The makhzen is the country's core elite network, which originates from the pre-colonial sultanate. It was originally based on religious and tribal symbols and rituals of authority, and has "formalized" and amalgamated those traditional modes of rule into the bureaucratic state apparatus of modern Morocco (for a rich historical introduction see Daadaoui 2011). Core administrative elites still largely come from makhzen families that have served the sultanate since the 15 th century.…”

Section: Elites and Decentralization In Moroccomentioning

confidence: 99%

4. Untangling Elite Networks and Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa: Neopatrimonialism Revisited

Bohn¹,

Vollmann²

2021

Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa

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“…The second reason is the structure of the opposition, which is fragmented into many weak movements that have little capacity for massive mobilization and can be easily manipulated by the regime. This 'fragmentation' has always existed in Morocco since its independence and performs what Daadaoui (2011) referred to as 'rituals of power'. Smith and Loudiy explained, with reference to Daniel Brumberg, the mechanism of the fragmentation of power among political actors with the King acting as the regulator.…”

Section: The Scope Of Islamic Movements In Moroccomentioning

confidence: 99%