What a tiny few observations can be made after being
absorbed into the world, yet never really part of it, for three weeks!
The laws of the country and the tenants of the faith are so
interwoven in Morocco. Leaders of the mosques are chosen by the local community
but paid by the government as are all the needs of the mosque. One attends
whatever mosque is nearby at prayer time so the sense of a faith community as
we know it does not exist. Connections are made in the family, the hammam and
tea shop. The current legal time zone is adjusted for the fasting of Ramada.
The king is a ruler, but many do not like his wife who was the first queen ever
seen in public and does not wear a scarf.
I think that is why the powder keg in the Middle East is so
hard for Westerners to understand. Issues of power and control and lack become
inflamed with religious offense so easily, and what is conveyed via press on
both sides is so far from either truth, but accepted as fact on both sides.
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