News Right Now: Correcting Demands In Morocco, Gen Z, the tech-savvy generation, has created a movement called ‘Gen Z 212’ -- 212 being the Moroccan dialing code. This movement aims at calling out the corrupt government’s shortcomings. It was created on a social media platform called discord and has nearly 180,000 members. Through discord the members organize protests by expressing their discontent with their government digitally. Then they bring these issues into the real world, taking action through protests. This movement goes back to 2023, when Morocco suffered an earthquake and Gen Z 212 called out its government for its shortcomings. Recently, when eight women died during caesareans at a public hospital in the city of Agadir due to the poor healthcare provided, news about new arenas being built was brought to light. This caused outrage within the youth. Protests erupted, demanding the government change their priorities. Calling out their government who, instead of fixing the issues that are crippling Morocco, decided to spend their wealth on creating stadiums for the 2030 Fifa world cup. Pouring billions into tourism and infrastructure. Protesters chant, “Stadiums are here, but where are the hospitals?”
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00:21Welcome to this week's segment of News Right Now, Correcting Demands.
00:25In Morocco, Gen Z, the tech-savvy generation, has created a movement called Gen Z 212, 212 being the Moroccan Dialing Code.
00:37This movement aims at calling out the corrupt government's shortcomings.
00:40It was created on a social media platform called Discord and has nearly 180,000 members.
00:47Through Discord, the members organize protests by expressing their discontent with their government digitally.
00:51Then they bring these issues into the real world, taking action through protests.
00:57This movement goes back to 2023, when Morocco suffered an earthquake and Gen Z 212 called out its government for its shortcomings.
01:06Recently, when eight women died during cesareans at a public hospital in the city of Agadir,
01:11due to the poor healthcare provided, news about new arenas being built was brought to light.
01:17This caused outrage within the youth.
01:20Protests erupted, demanding the government change their priorities, calling out their government,
01:25who instead of fixing the issues that are crippling Morocco, decided to spend their wealth on creating stadiums for the 2030 FIFA World Cup,
01:33pouring billions into tourism and infrastructure.
01:37Protesters chant,
01:38Stadiums are here, but where are the hospitals?
01:40Gen Z 212 published a letter addressing the king, Hama VI, calling for him to dismiss the government and corrupt political parties,
01:50to release detainees and to hold officials accountable.
01:53Many chanted,
01:54The people want the king to intervene, during protests.
01:58When the king officially addressed the people, he offered empty statements and didn't directly address Gen Z 212.
02:05These issues, along with the protests against the government, are unknown to the rest of the world.
02:11This is due to the media putting this issue in the dark, away from the public eye.
02:16A whole movement has broken out, but crickets within the media,
02:20not paying attention to the true struggle the people are enduring,
02:24and have been enduring for decades of shortcomings from their government.
02:27Even though Morocco is the most visited country in Africa, the conditions of its people are grim.
02:34The rate for unemployment for Moroccans aged 15 to 24 has reached 36%, with living costs skyrocketing.
02:42Many of those who have jobs are faced with the reality of stagnating wage, with a minimum wage of around $300.
02:49While all these people are struggling to make ends meet, their government is showing up by investing in seven new stadiums
02:57and renovating seven others to prepare for the World Cup.
03:01The regime's effort to please those who visit the country has shook this generation.
03:06They see unpaved roads and classrooms underfunded, overflowed with students, reaching 50 students per classroom.
03:13Even paying for preschool is expensive, having kids' first day at school being at the age of 7.
03:18Leaving a huge educational gap between those who were able to pay for preschool and those who couldn't afford it.
03:26Hospitals are in desperate need of doctors, with 7.7 medical professionals per 10,000 patients putting it generously.
03:34With that, the healthcare system only covers 80% of the medical bills, while accounting for only 40% of spending.
03:42Leaving those already having a hard time to put food on the table, having to pay the rest out of their own pocket.
03:50Even when tragedy strikes, like the earthquake in 2023, the government still lacks in providing the basic necessity for the people who lost everything.
03:59It has been two years since the earthquake, and till this day, people are still living in tents.
04:04This generation is unlike the ones before them.
04:09They are wanting to call out the truth, even if it costs them their lives.
04:14They want justice to be served and will strive for it.
04:18At the same time, these demands that they are demanding are just as if they are giving painkillers to an infection,
04:24instead of curing the actual infection and what's causing it.
04:28They are patches on top of a broken system, a system that is originally corrupt.
04:34The only way the economic, social, educational and medical circumstances will flourish
04:39is by uprooting the corrupt system from its roots, curing the infection completely.
04:45Then, in its place, a system that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ordains for us
04:50and one that pleases Him subhanahu wa ta'ala would be implemented, the Khilafah, Caliphate.
04:56This system is the system that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given us
05:00to be able to live in the land without injustice and greed from those in power,
05:05following their whims and desires.
05:07The Khilafah, when implemented, will focus on the well-being of the people living under its shade,
05:12providing a life of free education from the top scholars,
05:17free healthcare from the best doctors,
05:18and won't try to please the world by setting up a World Cup arena.
05:23Instead, He, the Caliph, will work to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
05:28by setting up a system to serve the people under His rule,
05:32even to the small details of paved, safe roads.
05:35He will be the one who knows that the Lord of the world will ask Him
05:39what He did to serve the Ummah and those living under His shade.
05:43Gen Z212, we know you have pure intentions to fix the circumstances you are placed under.
05:51With that, the path to true victory and change can only be through the path that pleases Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
05:58That is by calling for the complete and radical change of the whole system,
06:02for it to be uprooted for the sake of Allah,
06:04the system implemented should be the one Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ordered us to implement,
06:11fixing all our matters without allowing the whims and desires of the falling regime
06:15to dictate each and every one of your lives.
06:19Call for the khilafah, the true solution to all your struggles.
06:23Strive and work to revive the path of justice and prosperity,
06:27which is only through Islam.
06:29May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless our Ummah and our youth,
06:33guiding them to be the light the world needs
06:36to remove the darkness placed by these corrupt regimes.
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