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Tourist arrivals into South Africa from abroad have plummeted amid the African National Congress (ANC) government’s enforcement of xenophobic anti-immigrant policies.

King Mohammed VI chaired, on Monday in Casablanca, the ceremony in which he announced the creation of the Mohammed VI Foundation for African Ulema, a body designed to unify and coordinate the efforts of Muslim Scholars, in Morocco and other African states, in order to promote, disseminate and consolidate the values ​​of tolerant Islam.

According to a report released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on July 10, 2015, “more than 150,000 migrants arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year and more than 1,900 persons have died while crossing “.

The largest Arab art and cultural festival in London is taking place between 11-26 July, featuring over 60 events set to take place in the city’s leading cultural venues.

In this holy month of meditation, worship and invocation, the Hassan II Mosque in Libreville is both a place of worship and reunion for members of the Moroccan community in Gabon, in the absence of any other meeting space.

During the month of Ramadan and as usual, Moroccans living in Germany adhere enthusiastically to the various activities organized throughout the holy month, participating in collective Iftars, seminars, meetings and Ramadan rituals.

According to the annual report of the Anti-Racism commission within the Council of Europe, the trends of 2014 are oriented towards a “dramatic increase in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia online and in hate speeches and xenophobic political discourses.”

With the advent of Ramadan begins for Muslim expatriate communities a quest to come closer together with their peers, a need dictated by the values ​​of solidarity and brotherhood preached by Islam but also by a desire to recreate the typical spiritual atmosphere of this holy month.

The blessed month of Ramadan, long awaited by the faithful, has a unique feature in Ivory Coast, particularly in Abidjan where, this month of piety and devotion is celebrated every year by members of the Moroccan community in pure ancestral traditions and a jovial atmosphere.

There is a schizophrenic situation in the EU which once created the conditions for more immigration from Africa, but now every EU country wants to stop immigrant inflow, says Pierre Guerlain, a Professor of political science at Paris West University.