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RABAT, May 16 (AFP)-Complete freedom of movement has been restored to an Islamic leader in Morocco, Abdessalam Yassine, after over 10 years under house arrest, said a top government source. The source added that Yassine, currently living in Rabat's twin town of Sale, will be free to meet who he wishes and go where he wishes on condition that he obeys the law and does not attempt to preach in a mosque. News of Yassine's release from housebound captivity is expected to be confirmed by Interior Minister Ahmed Midaoui on Moroccan television. Yassine, who heads the unrecognized association Al Adel Oua Al Isshane (Justice and Good Deeds), announced in a statement Monday that he was planning to leave his house and pray in a mosque close to his home on Friday. He added that he was also preparing to welcome in his house anyone who wished to meet him from that day onward. His statement came five days after Midaoui told the country's chamber of representatives that Yassine was free to move. Morocco's former King Hassan II, who died last year, kept a very tight lid on Muslim fundamentalism in his North African country, bordering ravaged Algeria, as well as on his political foes. His heir, King Mohammed VI, is thought to be intent on modernizing the country and softening some of his father's more draconian policies. Yassine was last freed from house arrest in 1995, only to lose his liberty within days after giving a sermon that was regarded as too virulent. |
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