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Demographics
Demographics
Morocco is the third most populous Arab country, after Egypt and Sudan.
Most Moroccans are Sunni Muslims of Arab, Berber, or mixed Arab-Berber stock.
About three-quarters of all present-day Moroccans are of Berber descent, while Arabs form the second largest ethnic group.[citation needed] The Arabs invaded Morocco in the seventh century and established their culture there.
There is no significant genetic difference between Moroccan Arabs and Moroccan non-Arabs (i.e.
Berbers).
Thus, it is likely that Arabization was mainly a cultural process without genetic replacement.
However, according to the European Journal of Human Genetics, North-Western Africans were genetically closer to Iberians and to other Europeans than to sub-Saharan Africans.
Moroccan Jews
Morocco's Jewish minority has decreased significantly and numbers about 7,000 (see Jewish exodus from Arab lands).
Prior to mass emigration, Morocco was home to more Jews than any other Muslim country in the world.
The Jewish community of Morocco, which dates back more than 2,000 years, has experienced various waves of both tolerance and discrimination.
The worst outbreaks of antisemitic violence occurred during the Middle Ages, when Jews were massacred in Fez in 1033 and in Marrakech in 1232.
Following the establishment of the French protectorate in 1912, Jews began to enjoy greater equality.
Morrocan Jews are of two main stocks.
One group is composed by those descended from the Jewish community of Spain (known as Sephardi Jews), who emigrated and settled in Morocco after a wave of anti-Jewish rioting in 1391, and especially after the expulsion of the Jews in 1492.
An example of such a community was the Jewish population of Debdou, who constituted a majority of the town's population.
The other grouping is Jews of indigenous descent, probably Berber converts to Judaism.
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