"Where there is a true and sustainable partnership between an Arab government and its people … jihadist groups like Al Qaeda lose all legitimacy and have no space in which to breathe," the channel said.

    Therefore, it went on, it should come as no surprise "that Al-Qaeda is targeting Morocco today and that Moroccans have been turning out in droves, taking to the streets, to protest the jihadist phenomenon."

    "The Arab region is in a state of great flux. Morocco remains comparatively calm by contrast, and that should come as no surprise," the author of the article said.

    In this regard, he noted that "Morocco is a constitutional monarchy that has committed itself to a process of reform ever since the current King, Muhammad VI, assumed the throne in 1999.”

    He added that “Over the past two months, the King has also accelerated the process of domestic reform, calling for a new constitution that would strengthen the judiciary, individual liberties, and human rights, as well as strengthen the power of parliament vis a vis the executive branch of government.”