What will be the first Western nation to follow suit? Britain? France? Germany? Sweden? Old Joe Biden’s America? “Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza,” Associated Press, June 2, 2024: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury […]
China brokered Saudi-Iran rapprochement is leading more countries to engage with Iran
While the US and Saudi Arabia has been attempting to work out normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia (in Israel’s absence) with unreasonable concessions to Palestinians as a condition, more disturbing news emerges: Tehran seems on track to restore relations with more countries after a groundbreaking agreement with Saudi Arabia. According to Foreign Policy Magazine, “when […]
Maldives: 14 Muslims arrested for Islamic State jihad massacre plot
“The Sunni Muslim nation of 500,000 people had the highest number of people per capita fighting in foreign wars.” In that, AP is fastidiously referring to Muslims who traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS). It evinces no curiosity about why this nation of “pristine beaches and expensive island resorts” […]
Maldives: Muslim chants Qur’an verses, then stabs government minister in the neck
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) If we didn’t have our moral superiors around to assure us otherwise, one might almost get the idea that attacks of this kind had something to do with Islam. “Maldives Minister Ali Solih stabbed in broad daylight, attacker seen reciting Quran verses,” OpIndia, August 24, […]
Maldives: Muslims attack participants in International Day of Yoga, vandalize its site
“Earlier, the protesters brandished placards proclaiming that yoga was against the tenets of Islam.” That justifies all manner of things. “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom you […]
Maldives: Muslims attempt to murder former president who ‘has been an outspoken critic of religious extremism’
Here is yet another example of why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reformers. “Maldives: Islamic extremists behind attack on ex-president,” by Mohamed Sharuhaan, Associated Press, May 8, 2021: MALE, Maldives (AP) — A top official in the Maldives said Saturday that Islamic extremists were responsible for an explosion earlier this week that critically wounded […]
Maldives: Islamic State jihadis use incendiary bombs to blow up boats in popular tourist destination
Islamic jihadis in Muslim countries hate tourists, who are often visiting sites of jahiliyya, the pre-Islamic society of unbelievers. And if they’re visiting Muslim sites, they’re trampling them down under their Infidel feet. In the Maldives, they’re not visiting historic sites, but they’re reveling in an immodest manner, almost entirely naked on the beach, and […]
Maldives: Muslims stab three foreign tourists at upmarket tourist destination
Islamic jihadis in Muslim countries hate tourists, who are often visiting sites of jahiliyya, the pre-Islamic society of unbelievers. And if they’re visiting Muslim sites, they’re trampling them down under their Infidel feet. Either way, they’re not welcome. “Three foreign tourists are stabbed by ISIS-affiliated Islamic extremists in Maldives terror attack,” by Ryan Fahey, Mailonline, […]
Maldives: Man advocates for right to leave Islam, official says such blasphemy will not be tolerated
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
Maldives: Security services reveal that close to 1,400 Maldivians would kill in the name of Islam
Why do so many Muslims misunderstand the Religion of Peace? Why do they all misunderstand it in the same way? “Violent Extremism in the Maldives: The Saudi Factor,” by Henry Storey, The Diplomat, December 24, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Last week, the Maldives Independent reported some rather startling news. Security services revealed […]