Survivor: The overwhelming majority of Moroccans have been removed from the management of public affairs

The writer and anthropologist Muhammad al-Naji said that the overwhelming majority of Moroccans, including him, have so far been excluded from the management of the country's affairs, and that they have been unjustly confined to the margins of public life. This came in a lengthy article he published on his personal Facebook account about the concept of identity, according to what was published by "Lakome" website on November 9, 2026.

The survivor declared his claim to his right to participate in this measure, considering that this first represents the meaning of freedom and equality for him. He criticized the traditional definition of identity, based on the collection of fixed components, Considering that it enhances the dominance of the groups that consider themselves applicable to it, and consecrates in their view their superiority over the majority.

The survivor said that his identity, as a member of this majority, is still young and under construction, and that he seeks to contribute to shaping its features. In his view, this goes through defending the right to a decent education, to health, to justice and to work, which makes wealth sharing an indispensable path. He also saw that identity is not enough for preambles, and that it requires a revolution. Discourses about identity, equality, and democracy remain mere rhetoric.

The writer explained that his identity is not determined by political settlements or the limits drawn by the past, nor by assembling geographical and historical components determined by others without his knowledge, but rather is based on innovation and a "revolution in mindsets," as he put it in the article.

With regard to religion, Al-Naji acknowledged the great role he played in the formation of the nation, at a historical stage in which the productive forces were fragile and exchanges limited, as religion was the most important link of unity. ولذلك تقر هويته بمركزية الإسلام في نشأتها، لكنه يطمح إلى أن يكون مسلماً حديثاً ومواطناً حراً يحترم القوانين، ويحاكم الحكام على تدبيرهم للشأن العام بالأفعال لا بالأقوال وحدها، كما تقتضي الديمقراطية.

المصدر: لكم - https://lakome2.com/politique/437134/