Vast protest movement against the project: The transformation of the Abdelaziz mosque library provokes the ire of the inhabitants of Laâyoune

The start of work on transforming the multidisciplinary library, located within the grounds of the Moulay Abdelaziz mosque in Laâyoune, has sparked a vast protest movement. Indeed, this library, recently renovated and equipped by the Southern Agency, is to be transformed to house an association managing a primary school, adopting the French mission curriculum, with classes starting at the next school year. The library and its courtyard are part of a complex including shops within the mosque's grounds, therefore falling under the public domain. The new tenants plan to erect a new fence separating their establishment from the complex. The protesters believe that this is contradictory to the law, which makes properties belonging to the Habous public goods that should benefit everyone.They declare that no one could have imagined that one day, this mosque, which is one of the oldest in Laâyo…