Nadia Yassine
Nadia Yassine (* 1958 in Casablanca , Morocco ) is a Moroccan Islamist author and daughter of the founder of the Association for Justice and Spirituality , Abdessalam Yassine . It is the Islamic association in Morocco with the largest number of members. She is married to Abdellah Chibani.
Nadia Yassine was born in Casablanca in 1958. She attended French mission schools for her primary and secondary education. She then attended the Political Science College in Fez and graduated in 1980. As a result of her father's political commitment, she was not allowed to study. Like all family members, she was also denied the right to leave the country. Nevertheless, she continued her education as a self-taught teacher while teaching French in private schools for four years. Then she decided to stop teaching to found and run the Women's Section of the Association for Justice and Spirituality while her father was imprisoned from 1983 to 1985.
As the author of numerous articles, Nadia Yassine has given interviews that have been published in newspapers such as Le Monde , El País , Der Spiegel , The Times and US News . Her first book Toutes voiles dehors - in the English translation Full Sails Ahead - was published in 2003 by Le Fennec in Morocco and by Altereditions in France. Since receiving her passport in 2003, she has attended many international conferences and forums.
She and her family members were arrested while participating in a sit-in for human rights . She has been prosecuted for insulting majesty and “contempt for national holy institutions” for criticizing the monarchy in an interview she gave to the Moroccan weekly Al Usbu'iya Al Jadida on June 2, 2005 . She said in it that she preferred the republic as the correct form of government, which was closer to the Islamic theory of political power. She had expressed such views repeatedly. She is currently not allowed to leave Morocco.
Works
- Toutes Voiles Dehors . 2nd edition. Le Fennec, Casablanca 2003, ISBN 978-9954-415-05-4 .
literature
- Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought : Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden . Edited and with an introduction by Roxanne L. Euben & Muhammad Qasim Zaman; 2009; ISBN 978-0-691-13588-5 ( partial online view , table of contents )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yassine, Nadia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan Islamist author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casablanca , Morocco |