Omar Benjelloun

Omar Benjelloun (born 1936, Oujda, Morocco), assassinated on 18 December 1975 in Casablanca, was a journalist, engineer, lawyer and trade union activist.

Following his graduation in telecommunications and law in Paris, Benjelloun returned to Morocco to take up a post as a regional director in telecommunications in Casablanca. ^[1] He went on to become the General Secretary of the socialist party USFP (Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires), of which he had been a founding member, and editor of its journal al-Muharrir. In 1963 he received a death sentence, but was later pardoned. He was again arrested in 1966 and 1973 and subjected to torture.

On 18 December 1975 he was stabbed or battered to death in front of his home in Casablanca. ^[2] It is suspected that he was killed by the Chabiba islamia. ^[3]

References

1. ^ "Affaire Omar Benjelloun. Le crime aux mille mystères". Telquel (Morocco). http://www.telquel-online.com/165/zoom_165.shtml. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 
2. ^ "Il y a 35 ans disparaissait Omar Benjelloun". Libération (Morocco). 2010-12-18. http://www.libe.ma/Il-y-a-35-ans-disparaissait-Omar-Benjelloun-L-homme-et-son-oeuvre_a15836.html. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 
3. ^ "Paradigmatic Jihadi Movements". Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy. 2006. http://www.ctc.usma.edu/publications/pdf/CTC-Paradigmatic_Jihadi_Movements-10_06.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-31. 

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Name	Benjelloun, Omar
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Date of birth	1936
Place of birth	Oujda
Date of death	1975
Place of death	C asablanca