Speaking at a Conference on "mutual tolerance", organized at the headquarters of the National Library by the Moroccan Association of the Legion of Honor (AMLH), Mr. Azoulay told MAP that "it was time to stop and take the right measure of the qualitative and consensual leap made by Morocco and willingness to listen to and respect the Other".

"Talking about living together in Morocco in October 2021 can no longer be done and said in the words of yesterday", he underlined, while highlighting "the impressive speed with which the rising generations are now reappropriating this Morocco open to all sensibilities, to all spiritualities, while all around us continue to flourish the archaisms and regressions of identity withdrawal and fracture".

For his part, the Treasurer General of the Kingdom, Mr. Noureddine Bensouda, noted that this conference is the result of group work and the proof of the ability to work together to achieve common objectives.

The theme chosen for this meeting embodies one of the values ​​carried by the AMLH, he said in his speech, noting that the current world, marked by the combined effects of globalization and digital technology, has become "ultra-connected" and "fundamentally extrovert".

This digital evolution certainly offers enormous opportunities, but also presents constraints impacting the values ​​that structure societies, and more particularly the ability to live together, he pointed out.

For his part, the French Ambassador in Rabat, Mrs. Hélène Le Gal, commended, in a statement to the MAP, the AMLH for the organization of this meeting marked by the presence of high-level speakers, with a view to ''initiate a deep reflection and a constructive and enriching debate on the theme chosen for this conference."

She also seized this opportunity to recall that several Moroccans have received the French distinction (Legion of Honor), noting that if the first distinctions were of a military nature, the other one were granted to civilian personalities, who stood out in the development of relations between France and Morocco.

For his part, the professor at the University of Paris-Est Créteil, Mr. Ali Benmakhlouf, explained to the audience that the word tolerance engages a double meaning: the first is "minimalist" which consists in abstaining from prohibit, while the second is that of admitting a way of acting and thinking different from that adopted by oneself.

Tolerance enshrines the duality of man and is based, moreover, on the principle of the human capacity to freely associate thoughts. "This is how a judicious education would prevent uniformity of ideas," he said.