Tewfik Allal

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Tewfik Allal (Arabic: توفيق علال‎) was born on October 11, 1947, in Oujda in Morocco. He is a writer and a prominent political figure. He is the president of the association Manifeste des libertés which unites Muslim artists and scholars against Islamism. It took a clear stance on the Denmark cartoon issue, defending freedom of expression. Tewfik Allal is also an active member of Peace Now.

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• (Peace Now), in French [1]
• A secular Muslim Manifesto [2]