L’enseignement coranique chez les Jbala du Rif occidental

Abstract

Since 2002, religious teaching in Morocco has undergone major transformation and pedagogical restructuring led by the Ministry of Endowments (Habous) and Islamic Affairs. In certain regions such as the north of the country and the Sous, this teaching appears much more rooted than in other regions. Thus, among the Jbala of the Western Rif, the fuqhā occupy a symbolic place and the memorization of the Koran is part of a local identity and socio-cultural framework. Based on ethnographic work, this article describes the processes of Koran memorization among the Jbala and shows how the Jbala are convinced that they are heirs to a tradition of memorization of the Koran. Beyond a socio-cultural dimension, the ta’līm al ‘atîq (traditional teaching) offers balance to a society that has devoted itself to the accumulation of wealth from the cannabis economy.

Keywords

• Koran
• Jbala
• memorization
• fqih
• Rif