(Photo By: Fadel Senna/AFP)

(Photo By: Fadel Senna/AFP)

By: Kaouthar Oudrhiri - December 13, 2020

RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — Jewish history and culture in Morocco will soon be part of the school curriculum — a “first” in the region and in the North African country, where Islam is the state religion.

The decision “has the impact of a tsunami,” said Serge Berdugo, secretary-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco.

It “is a first in the Arab world,” he told AFP from Casablanca.

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