King Hassan II of Morocco — from his memoir "The Challenge" (1978): his conception of the SACRED MONARCHY — the king as Commander of the Faithful whose duties are "even greater and more demanding," who "must do everything but abdicate." [Second doc — distinct MONARCHY / religion-and-state / regime-legitimacy axis, vs his Green March / Western-Sahara doc.]

And if at the same time the king is Commander of the Faithful, his duties towards his people are even greater and more demanding…. A king must do everything but abdicate; and a king who does not feel at one with his subjects abdicates and abandons his mission. That I shall never do.

[SECOND DOCUMENT for King Hassan II, covering a DISTINCT axis from his existing one (his 1975 Green March launch speech — the Western Sahara / territorial-nationalism axis). This document is his MONARCHY / religion-and-state axis: his conception of the sacred Moroccan monarchy and the king's role as Commander of the Faithful. LANGUAGE NOTE: the memoir was originally written in French ("Le Défi," 1976); the English translation ("The Challenge: The Memoirs of King Hassan II of Morocco," trans. Anthony Rhodes, London: Macmillan, 1978, p. 145) is what is quoted and stored here, so original_language is recorded as 'en' because the schema's language set does not include French. Source: reproduced with full citation by encyclopedia.com; tier-2; both segments confirmed verbatim against the fetched page; the "…." is the source's elision within the passage; published_date set to the 1978 English edition.] A distinct declared position of King Hassan II of Morocco (reigned 1961–1999) — his doctrine of KINGSHIP and the sacred monarchy. In his memoir he frames the throne not as a mere temporal office but as a religious vocation fused with the title Amir al-Mu'minin (Commander of the Faithful): "if at the same time the king is Commander of the Faithful, his duties towards his people are even greater and more demanding…. A king must do everything but abdicate; and a king who does not feel at one with his subjects abdicates and abandons his mission. That I shall never do." This is the executive-monarchy / religious-legitimacy pole — the Moroccan monarch as both head of state and supreme religious authority (a claim resting on Sharifian descent from the Prophet and the king's "inviolable and sacred" constitutional person), whose duty is to govern actively and never relinquish the mission. It is the regime-defining doctrine underpinning Morocco's strong monarchy. [Axes: regime-type / monarchy (an active, governing monarchy that must never abdicate; the king as the central executive authority), religion-and-state (the king as Commander of the Faithful — supreme religious authority; legitimacy from Sharifian/Prophetic lineage and the sacred person of the king), state-legitimacy / tradition (religious-traditional legitimation of power rather than purely popular sovereignty). NOTE: a declared-doctrine document — Hassan II's stated conception of kingship in his own memoir, not an assessment of his reign's record.]