True and the government has the right to do such. However, this is a government that is supposed to be upholding Islam. Morocco is not a Democracy, it is a Kingdom. Apparantly the Government is not representing what the people are lead to believe it represents.
I don't know. As far as I know Morroco does not claim to be an Islamic state. Neither do I know if the majority of Morrocans would want to live in an Islamic state. I always get the impression that the majority of this forum assume this is the case for any Muslim nation, but personally I am not convinced. I remember north_malaysian posting some poll data from Malaysia for example which clearly showed that only a minority wanted more Islam at the level of the state.
Mind you, I am not saying that Morrocans support this measure, but I am warry of claims that they must be against this simply because they are Muslim.
What is odd Morocco refused to renew base leases with the US in the 1960's and essentialy evicted an American presence in the country. One of the reasons was it was felt the American presence was undermining Islam in the country. Seems like Islam was stronger then, than what it is today.
Hard to say. Morroco was very different then I suppose, much more tribal and less developed. Besides, most resentment against the US at that time must be seen either within the context of the Cold War or the Arab-Israeli conflict. Autocratic arab regimes often claimed to be Islamic, but only rarely were their actions truly motivated by Islam IMHO.