This chair’s creation convention was initialed by the president of Mohammed V University in Rabat, Mohammed Rhachi, the founding president of the Center for Studies and Research in Hebrew Law in Morocco, Abdellah Ouzitane, and the executive president of the Essaouira Mogador Association, Tarik Ottmani.
It aims to promote research in the field of Hebrew law in Morocco, to constitute a place of exchange and debate on relations and dialogue between Islam and Judaism as well as a documentary fund in relation to the above-mentioned objectives, and to enhance the Moroccan experience of rabbinical jurisdictions both in their organization and in their jurisprudential production.
This chair also seeks to contribute to setting up training courses in Hebrew law in Morocco, to conceive and implement research programs by national and foreign researchers (doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows), in order to organize doctoral supervision workshops, to program and animate scientific meetings and to establish any institutional cooperation in relation with its missions.
Under the terms of this agreement, the parties are committed to appoint, as honorary chairperson of the Chair, a personality known for his or her commitment to peace, tolerance and interreligious dialogue, and a director of the Chair who will oversee the coordination of its bodies and the monitoring of its programs and activities.
A Steering Council will also be appointed to contribute to the strategic orientation of the Chair, to the evaluation of its general activity and to its outreach.
It will be composed of representatives of the University and the Center, as well as an academic team of the Chair, which includes researchers and experts in Hebrew law and interreligious dialogue. It will be responsible for developing the Chair’s research programs and coordinating its scientific activities.
The partners of the Chair are any organization or institution wishing to support its projects and activities. They provide the Chair with an annual grant dedicated to scholarships for deserving Moroccan doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows, and take charge of the organization and participation of researchers, doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in national and international scientific events related to the Chair’s themes.
They will also cover the costs of publishing and editing research work carried out within the framework of the Chair.
The agreement comes into force as soon as it is signed by the parties for a period of two years, renewable by tacit agreement.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse