The Moroccan Islamist party PJD believes that the earthquake in Morocco is a "wake-up call" from Allah

The Moroccan opposition party Justice and Development (PJD), considered moderately Islamist and which headed the Government of Morocco between 2011 and 2021, considers that the earthquake that shook the Moroccan High Atlas on the 8th is a “wake-up call” Allah and ask the nation to repent of their “sins.”

The PJD wonders if the existing transgressions in political life, in elections and in public management will not have something to do with the earthquake, which had a magnitude of between 6.8 and 7 and caused almost 3,000 deaths and 5,500 injuries.

Thus, PJD affirms in a statement that it is its duty as a political party to invite reflection and a return to Allah to “heal our wounds and compensate us for our misfortune,” and sees the catastrophe as a sign of a “moving away from God” by the believing population.

Likewise, he warns that it is necessary to review whether what happened in the country could also have been caused by “sins and disobedience.”. “Not only in its individual sense but also in its general and political sense,” they add in the writing.

However, the Islamist formation praises the effectiveness of the crisis management by the Moroccan State and the people's commitment to helping those affected, but criticizes the delay in the development of rural areas, which were the most affected by the earthquake. .