Maldives: Arrested Man “Reverts” to Islam — After Govt “Islamic Counseling” in Police Custody
In the Maldives, Mohamed Nazim has announced his “reversion” to Islam, after being taken into police custody after publicly announcing that he was not a…
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Maldives: English Teacher Deported for “Anti-Islamic” Passage
Haveeru reports that English teacher Jinto Thomas is being deported for the “crime” of having an “anti-Islamic passage” in a test that reads: — “All…
Maldives: Man Attacked, Threatened with Death, for Freedom of Conscience
In the Muslim-majority nation of Maldives, a man stunned an audience during questions and answers period in a lecture given by an Islamic cleric, by…
Maldives asks Germany for help with Sharia law
Maldives asks Germany for help with climate – and Sharia law — R.E.A.L. reports on Maldives
Maldives Parliament Plans Ban on Non-Islamic Houses of Worship
— Forum 18 reports: — “On 18 November the Maldives parliament, the Majlis, unanimously approved in the initial stages a bill banning all non-Muslim places…
Maldives: Adhaalath calls for sharia law punishments in penal code
Maldives: Adhaalath calls for sharia law punishments in penal code — Minivan News: “The religious conservative Adhaalath Party has criticised President Mohamed Nasheed for saying…
Maldives Government Creating New Sharia Code — Parliament Members Decry Lack of Sharia-Based Death Penalty
Maldives: Parliament takes on revised penal code — Minivan News: “Existing laws and regulations, principles of Islamic sharia and norms and values acceptable to Maldivians…
Maldives: 150 Muslim women face adultery flogging on Maldives
(Maldives) 150 Muslim women face adultery flogging on Maldives — “184 people were sentenced to flogging for extra-marital sex under a penal code that includes…
Maldives: Woman gets 100 lashes in public, house arrest in Sharia punishment – govt says Maldives too “squeamish” for other Sharia penalties
— (Maldives) Woman faints after 100 lashes, says judge — “An 18-year-old woman was flogged in public outside the Justice Building and sentenced to a…
Former Baltimore Police Officer Promotes Flogging of Americans
In a troubling new development, our volunteer human rights group Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has learned that a former, widely celebrated Baltimore City…