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Moroccan Berber Party Condemns Government Ban On Berber Names

The Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) Democratic Party is protesting against the Moroccan government's ban on giving children Berber names such as Massinissa and Yugurtha.

The ban calls such names "foreign to Moroccan society."

Also, 16 Berber associations are planning to demonstrate on June 16 in Rabat against the holdup in the launch of the government Amazigh-language television channel – which is contrary to the 2006 resolution to requiring 30% of air time to be allocated to Amazigh-language programming.

Source: Aafaq.org, June 14, 2008

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