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A decree (dahir) recognized the village councils (jama'as) in Berber areas as governing councils and Berber customary practices as a system of law. The act was part of a French policy of cultivating Berber support by leaving the Berber chiefs and tribes with considerable autonomy. (See Morocco)  1
 
 
 
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