Morocco was a forerunner in the field of religious dialogue In fact in the wake of the independence in 1956 was held every summer at the Toumliline monastery located on a mountain in the Fez region and formerly occupied by Benedictine monks a gathering of intellectuals and thinkers in particular Muslims and Christians in which prominent figures took part such as the renowned Christian thinker Louis Massignon Extract from a message addressed by HM King Mohammed VI to the participants in the meeting on The Rights of Religious Minorities in the Land of Islam Marrakesh January 25 28 2016
