Survey on Moroccan Youth: Perception and Participation in Sufi Orders/Evaluation and Interpretation

Abstract

During 2010 the authors conducted a public opinion survey of youth involving 1,054 respondents in Morocco. The survey focused on questions of identity and religious affiliation. It revealed a statistically significant shift in positive affiliation with Sufism among the randomly selected respondents. The findings reveal that among Moroccan youth the adoption of Sufism's goals of moderation, introspection, spirituality, and mutual respect may be increasing while support for violent jihadism is waning.