Tuesday's World Events - May 4, 2010
1. a) What is the capital of Morocco?
b) What type of government does Morocco have? Who is the leader of Morocco?
c) List the countries that border Morocco.
2. Define the following words as used in the article:
-proselytizing (used several times throughout the article)
-indigenous (people) (para. 8)
-coerce (para. 29)
3. For what reason have 40 foreign Christians been deported from Morocco (and others who were out of the country at the time not permitted to return)?
4. a) What do the Christians say of the accusations made against them?
b) What evidence against the Christians did the government provide?
5. In addition to the orphans at the Village of Hope, who are the deported Christians worried about?
6. Christians living in Morocco understand the laws against proselytizing to mean they can not pressure, coerce or bribe a Moroccan to convert to Christianity, and the Moroccan ambassador said that proselytizing involves pushing someone to change their faith, but conversations about religion are permissible.
a) For how many years have the foreigners deported from Morocco lived there?
b) What suggested reason for the deportations was dismissed by Ambassador Mekouar?
c) Why do you think the Moroccan authorities did not conduct hearings or trials, but in most cases deported the Christians the same day they confronted them?