A very revealing article from the Maldives thanks to the Religion of Peace. One could get the impression that Islam is a progressive disease. These former Buddhists and Hindus are totally brainwashed and subdued by Wahabi lunatics from Arabia.
“The Wahhabist scholars preach more forcefully than anyone else can. They have this backing of religion as a tool.”
And then they turn around and tell us that FGM has absolutely ‘nothing to do with Islam’.
Maldives women face more repression under a rising tide of religious fundamentalism, reports Ben Doherty from Male.
“This practice constitutes one of the most inhumane and degrading forms of violence against women” … United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay
When the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, visited the Maldives late last year, she urged that the practice of flogging women for having sex outside marriage – while very rarely punishing men for the same – should be abolished.
”This practice constitutes one of the most inhumane and degrading forms of violence against women,” she told local reporters then.
The response was as fierce as it was unexpected. The next day protesters rallied outside the UN building, carrying placards that read ”Ban UN” and ”Islam is not a toy” and threatened to ”Flog Pillay”. A website later promised to ‘‘slaughter anyone against Islam”.
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