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    Maldives president condemns Islamic protest

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of Maldives has condemned a protest planned by an Islamic party against what it calls anti-Islamic activities in the country.

    A government statement Monday quoted President Mohamed Nasheed as saying that the real goal of the protest is the introduction of Islamic penalties such as stoning, amputations and executions.

    Nasheed defended working women and said Maldives should continue to practice a moderate form of Islam that allows recreation, sports and music.

    Several organizations that campaign for strict Islamic rules including the Adaalath or Justice Party are calling for the protest Friday.

    The country of 300,000 people forbids practice of religions other than Sunni Islam.

     

    18 comments

    • bewildered  •  5 mths ago
      If tehy dont allow recreation, women working,sports adn music tourists wil forget about teh maldives. I have a Vietnamese friend that works there as a spa manager at one of the hotels. A lot of local people work there.
    • Rabid Dog  •  5 mths ago
      SCREW Islam!!!!
    • purr  •  5 mths ago
      all these Muslims - behaving in violent ways, is due to lack of education - islamic or conventional........... or both.........
      they need to educate themselves first......

      with education, they will see the truth..........

      educate yourself............

      even the messenger of God used to say....... seek knowledge, even if you have to go to Chin for it [referring to China]........

      seek knowledge......
      seek knowledge..........
      seek knowledge.............
      • 5345355 5 mths ago
        Mohammed the messenger of satan
    • Kup Kaque  •  5 mths ago
      Radicals are everywhere. Saudi, Iran, the Maldives, Russia, North Korea, the US Congress.....
      • Grandpa Stu 5 mths ago
        Did you say there are radicals in Russia? Who would have thought!
    • 5345355  •  Montreal, Canada  •  5 mths ago
      islam is a satanic lie
    • ooohh not again!  •  Budapest, Hungary  •  5 mths ago
      ban the koran, its goal, your extinction....
    • purr  •  5 mths ago
      why is this anyone else's business?
      let the country work out its own kinks.
      muslims or not - let them be.
      as for history and killings and education and inventions........
      yeah, every religion has violent history because when a religion is young, it is threatened, and it has to defend itself, and grow as well.... it has happened with every religion....
      inventions, yes, muslims did invent and also improve upon many ideas and conventions.....
      many were original, many were borrowed from other civilizations and modified further...........
      it's the same with every other invention....... english language borrowed from greek and latin and we got this...........
      as for stonig a woman to death or cutting off a robber's hands and such... they are questions to be debated... just like we debate the death penalty in the U.S. courtrooms....
      not every criminal gets it, but we still do execute criminals........
      not every rapist gets 15 to 30 years of prison time......
      not every pedophile priest is being prosecuted....
      not every murderer is being killed.........
      as for punishment for women in islam and such... in today's time, men do take it too far, and they remember the punishment by stoning, but they forget the requirements set forth....
      let's suppose Erica is having a affair with Bob.... they meet up and have sex... unless they are in a PUBLIC place, how in the world will anyone know what they are doing behind closed doors? In ISLAM, you need FOUR eye witnesses - who are HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY......
      it means, four men have to have witnessed actual sexual intercourse, who are HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY.....
      if it goes to trial..... their honesty, their trustworthiness has to be proven......
      now let's say, Erica and Bob forgot to lock the door, and FOUR men, happen to walk right in, right before Bob is about to blow his load... okay......... the couple is doomed.........
      how often do we expect that to happen??? in other case, THOSE FOUR men had to be sneaking around, and peeping into someone's PRIVATE quarters, to be able to see the sexual act take place.....
      1. if they are peeping in, and before the sexual act takes place, the four men, had to see the couple undress......
      2. according to Islamic law, if anyone is not covered properly, you are LOOK AWAY..... if anyone chooses to continue to look, they are committing a sin...........
      3. they are violating someone else's privacy...... (here, the trustworthiness is gone down the drain)...... so their TESTIMONY would be void, and rejected........

      ...contd... in next message....
      • thomas 5 mths ago
        Shites and Sunnis are killing each other all the middle east. I don't want to hear about it. People sin all over world. No one says sin is right. Muslims are not tolerant of other religions or can they handle art or alcohol. Jesus turned water into wine.
      • 5345355 5 mths ago
        islam is a satanic lie
    • MPA2000  •  Indianapolis, United States  •  5 mths ago
      So the interesting thing here is that the President is mad at Islamics for being radical in a country that forbids the proactice of all religions except Islam? That's like telling a kid he can't touch the toys in a toys store.
    • sniper assassin  •  Irvine, United States  •  5 mths ago
      The party is believed to have taken their ideals from the Ikhwaanul Muslimeen or Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. The party states that according to Islamic Shariah, women "may not" run for leadership roles in the case of higher ruling orders such as presidency yet this is an advice from Muhammad. Yep, another arab country that will fall to Islamic fundamentalists who hate Americans... the U.S. government's instigation and support of "Arab Spring" is now coming back to haunt us. Israel is now in greater jeopardy and will end up in Armageddon in 2012.
    • levasta  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  5 mths ago
      Islam was in spain for almost 800 years and did`nt slaughter the spainards.The spainards were allowed to have their churches and synagogs.The goverment of spain were the ones who turned on the muslims,including slaughter,etc.
      • 5345355 5 mths ago
        because they forgot their place
      • mulla nasruddin 5 mths ago
        it was the spainiards who massacared the mulims!!!
    • purr  •  5 mths ago
      ...........cont'd from previous message...........
      scholars have explainied that, he had turned away from her the first two times, hoping she would think he did not hear her, and she would leave.........
      he believed she could have repented for what she did and refrain from doing it ever again.... and later on, when she kept on returning, she could have chosen not to return, and just repent... yet she did......

      you see.... he could have ordered her to be stoned to death right away, he didn't.........
      even he knew. . . we all sin, and we fall short.....

      all these punishments are in extreme cases, not the norm......

      muslim men need to attend authentic Islamic schools, and when they are done, they will NOT be radicalized barbarians............. they will know how and when to react to things around them........

      even the non-muslims used to feel SAFE living amongs the muslims in the past...........they preferred to live with Muslims, knowing they would be dealth with, fairly and just.......and that they had no fear from the Muslims, once they got their word that they'd do them no harm.............

      when was the last time another non-muslims felt that way from another Muslim??
      non-muslims always feel threatened by Muslims because Muslims have forgotten the teachings of the Quran and the Messenger of God.... they have gone astray............

      learn your religion correctly, and follow it right.......... if you are on the right path... there is NO NEED to preach..... you will be like honey to bees........... non-muslims will come to you and will want to be with you.......... and learn from you and accept Islam..........but, that will ONLY happen if you change your ways......... and follow true Islam.........which IS the religion of peace............ muslims say Asssalmoalaikom to each other, wishing peace upon each other.... try to live by it..........
      • 5345355 5 mths ago
        islam is a satanic lie
    • purr  •  5 mths ago
      ...cont'd from previous message ..........
      4. if they stay and go further.......... and watch the entire act of sexual activity........ they are pervs and OUT TO GET the couple...........
      5. in Islam, it says........ if you hide your brother's weaknesses, GOD will hide yours on the day of Judgment..... now, if i were a believing Muslim, I'd want GOD to HIDE my sins from being exposed.... so i'd choose NOT to say anything about the sinful act I just witnessed.......
      6. if the couple were SEEN to enter a room, where there is no peeping hole or anything..... even then........ islam requires a knocking on the door, THREE times... with intervals of three (subhanallah) recitation, between each knock.... to give the people of the residence time to finish prayers, or be in a state of presenting themselves without embarassment....
      so, if these FOUR men follow Islam... they'd have to knock three times and wait for response....
      7. then, ASK for permission to enter.... if they REFUSED entry, they shouldn't feel bad, and just leave......... so if that happens........ the couple is NOT caught having sex....
      8. if they still don't leave.... t hey are NOT following teachings of islam....
      so, anyhow... the point is... these Muslim men, need to know their religion before they start policing others.......
      as far as I know... there is NOT a single person on this Earth, who is a worse sinner than myself.........

      there is a story of an adulterer that approached the prophet muhammed (peace be upon him)....
      this is paraphrasing, any error are my own....
      he was sitting at a place and a woman approached and she confessed to having extramarital affairs...... he turned away and did not look at her, she said it again, and he didn't respond, she said it the third time, and he said, okay, come back after certain number of days... she left and returned a few days later, and confessed to the adultry and also said, she was pregnant with the baby.... he said, okay, go ahead and have the baby, and then return....
      she went back, had the baby and returned... he said, go and feed the baby until weaning time (approx. 2 years of age)... she did and she returned.....
      there after, he ordered for her to be stoned to death......
      when the people who stoned her to death, one of them said something negative about that woman.... and the prophet said... she is far better than the ones present here... she has been punished for her sins here.... she will not be held accountable for her sins in the hereafter

      scholars have explained that

      .... contd' in next message ........
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 mths ago
      Islam does not equal Muslim. You guys are SOOO ignorant. It was Muslims that brought to you PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, MATH, AND ANATOMY,as well as, SHIP NAVIGATION, while all of europe was in shambles. PLEASE open up a history book.
    • Paula  •  5 mths ago
      He won't last long.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 mths ago
      If yu want to talk about a religion n shambles, lets discuss CHRISTIANITY: where a woman is forced to MARRY her rapist, where children were KILLED because they made fun of a Prophet's bald head, where the earth is claimed to be flat and where the soliders killed eeryone BUT the prostitute so they can have fun later. How Jesus said to spread it by the sword, and HOW TODAY (and as always) the POPE and priests are FILTHY RICH, FILTHY. and have closed their eyes to the boys being raped.

      yea..shuttup
    • Joe  •  5 mths ago
      There goes that "crazy" religion of pieces! Those guys...............
    • Muslim Towelhead Heartthr ...  •  Virginia Beach, United States  •  5 mths ago
      If you deport all Muslims from Amriki, Amerika is becum intelleckchaully bankropt. Only intelligunt peeple in Amrika is Muslims and fat white women who embrace Islam.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 mths ago
      Muslim women have been allowed to vote since the 500's, when were women in America voting? Oh yea, sometimes in the mid 1900's. Blacks were freed in Islamic countries since the 500's, women were the first ever to TEACH (Aisha taught thousands of men ALONE after the Prophet (SAW) died. CONTRARY to popular belief, the 'tax' that was mandated on the non Muslims in Muslim countries was made so that the Muslims would fight the battles against the enemies of those Non Muslims and those nonmuslims were not mandated to join the army or fight for Muslims.
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