[for some reason CNN forgot to mention that non-Muslims will loose citizenship according to this new constitution. Hat Tip-www.intellinet.comwww.hotelchatter.com http://www.cnn. com/2008/ WORLD/asiapcf/ 08/08/maldives. constitution. ap/ Maldives adopts new constitution COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom signed and adopted a new constitution Thursday that allows multiparty elections and other democratic reforms […]
By Taimour Lay October 8, 2006 Under the headline ”Stormclouds over the Indian Ocean: Behind the veil in the Maldives”, Britain’s Independent newspaper published a feature on Thursday which warned of the ”radical” form of Islam gaining popularity in the archipelago. Witnessing the “decadent” lifestyles of wealthy tourists, Meera Selva wrote, is turning Maldivians against […]
Letter On Islam And The Government By letters to the editors October 15, 2007 Dear Editor, I have recently been reading, in your internet daily, quite a lot about religious extremism in the Maldives, especially on account of the bomb blast in Male in late September and the subsequent focus on the island of Himaadhoo, […]
Constitution: The Sticking Points By Zaheena Rasheed July 19, 2008 maldivetourism.com http://www.minivannews.com/news/news.php?id=4726 Could children of unknown parentage lose the right to be Maldivian under the new constitution? Could euthanasia, abortion or the death penalty be allowed? And could Islamic had punishments be prohibited? The answer to all of these is yes, according to a […]
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