Maldives: Silent protest for religious tolerance attacked with stones, bricks, participants threatened with death

This was another protest in need of a "Thank You for Proving Our Point" sign. Indeed, just last weekend, a rally against "extremism" in Tunisia was attacked by "Islamist" stone throwers.

"Protesters calling for religious tolerance attacked with stones, threatened with death," by JJ Robinson for Minivan News, December 10 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Police are investigating a violent attack on a ‘silent protest’ calling for religious tolerance, held at the Artificial Beach to mark Human Rights Day.
Witnesses said a group of men threw rocks at the 15-30 demonstrators, calling out threats and vowing to kill them.
One witness who took photos of the attacked said he was “threatened with death if these pictures were leaked. He said we should never been seen in the streets or we will be sorry.”
Among those injured in the attack was Ismail ‘Khilath’ Rasheed, a controverisal blogger whose website was recently blocked by the Communications Authority of the Maldives (CAM) on the order of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
Rasheed suffered a head injury and was rushed to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
“They started hitting us with bricks. They were aiming at our heads – we could tell they were serious and wanted to kill us,” Rasheed told Minivan News from hospital. “I was taken on a motorcycle to IGMH, but I could see them behind me still hitting my friends.”
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam said police attended the scene after the attackers had departed, and were currently investigating the cause of the violence. No arrests had yet been made, he added.
The protesters, calling themselves ‘Silent Solidarity’, had earlier issued a press release stating that their intention was to “make the Maldives and the international community aware of the rising religious intolerance in the Maldives, and to condemn the Constitutionally endorsed suppression of religious freedom. We also denounce the increasing use being made of Islam as a tool of political power.”
“Silent Solidarity will be protesting against discrimination of all races, gender, sexual preferences and religious beliefs and supporting freedom of thought and expression. In our silence, we speak volumes,” the group’s statement said.
The Maldives has come under increasing international scrutiny following an apparent rise in religious intolerance.
Several monuments gifted to the Maldives by other SAARC countries during the recent summit in Addu have been defaced or stolen on the grounds that they are idolatrous. Islamic Minister Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari has condemned the monuments while the opposition has hailed the vandals as “national heroes”.
Protests also erupted last month after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay spoke in parliament calling for the government and the judiciary to issue a moratorium and debate on flogging as a punishment for extra-marital sex....
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Robert,

a woman has been deported from Dubai for working without her husband's permission:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072622/Deported-Dubai--working-permission-husband.html

Muhammad says in the "Mishkat Al Masabih Vol. 2 No. 5552

"...And when judgment day arrives,
Allah will give every Muslim a Jew or a Christian to kill"

http://schnellmann.org/al-barzakh.html

As our Fearless Fuehrer recently proclaimed about the Ft. Hood slaughter: "This is just another incident of workplace violence."

Religious intolerance is a part of Islam. As long as Islamist are around other religions don't have a "prayer". Anything that is seen as a threat to Islam will be destroyed (as we see in the above article). The religion of "peace" is only that as long as there are no other viewpoints. Tolerance is a pipe dream and does not exist in Islamic countries. Other religions are forced out, or are on there way to being forced out as demonstrated by the Copts in Egypt.

"This was another protest in need of a "Thank You for Proving Our Point" sign. "

Or an "Islam: say it's peaceful or we will kill you" sign.

Here's a few deep red flags in the quoted statements:

- "rising religious intolerance in the Maldives"

- "the increasing use being made of Islam as a tool of political power."

(1) This is not about "religious" intolerance. This is, or should be, about the inherently violent nature of the Islamic cult.

(2) The suggestion here is, that Islam per se is a benign "religion", hijacked for political purposes. That's nonsense, no: that's nonsense on stilts. Islam's policy IS violence.

The best thing one can say about this Silent Solidarity group, is that within an Islamic context, they're self-deceiving Muslims, not martyrs for freedom.

Cheers,
Sag

Again I bring out my favorite quote about "Tolerance"

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. [...] We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant."
- Sir Karl Popper

No one needs to vacation in the Maldives. Westerners could kill the tourist business there in a few months. For the sake of real tolerance, Westerners should do just that.

Just say NO to the Maldives. In fact, say NO to each and every Islamic country. After all, why should we enrich our sworn enemies?

Westerners need to wake up.

Yep, good quote from Sir Karl.

Tolerance is not a principle, like some single-minded people seem to believe, it's just a virtue and not even one of the most important. It always depends on the nature of the matter at hand. Sometimes intolerance is by far the more principled position.

The prerequisite for practising good (in)tolerance, is the ability to discriminate.. between good and evil.

Tolerance just means going along with something one actually disapproves of, in order to prevent even more intolerable things from happening. That's all.

Cheers,
Sag

"Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam said police attended the scene after the attackers had departed, and were currently investigating the cause of the violence."


Here's a clue.....Islam...

Most intolerant religion ever concocted with the possible exception of the heart plucking pagan Aztecs. Most hypocritical too as they try to bully Western nations into outlawing criticism of Islam. While they bully and kill nonMuslims in Muslim lands.

The body count of the false prophet is the highest. Forget Mao, Stalin, Hitler, amateurs all.

No doubt the devout Muslims throwing the stones and issuing the threats firmly believe that Islam is a "religon of peace, tolerance and justice." Once again, proof that the meaning is not shared with how non-Muslims the world over would interpret those words. President Obama, maybe you should take a vacation in the Maldives and get a reality check?

I like that idea - Michelle and the girls could model "Islamic" dress and the Prez could play golf. The whole family could gather later to watch the daily stonings of the infidel. What fun!

Allah does not know the word 'tolerant'...What is tolerant about, 'do as I say or I will burn your skin off a million times', or the penalty for warring (dis-believing, dis-obeying)with him is amputation of fingers and limbs, crucifixion, or beheading, not necessarily in that order...Is there something intolerant about that? Lashings and stoning of women and hanging of gays, is tolerance?...Islam in order to be consistent with it's god, has to be intolerant, sharia reflects it perfectly...Aggressive hegemony, by creep or jihad, has nothing to do with 'tolerance'...Because Allah is himself intolerant, we can expect no tolerance from Islam...
Which is why we have to drive the bully off our block, and reclaim the neighborhood...

It's interesting to note that Nicholas Kristof had this column in the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/opinion/sunday/kristof-Democracy-in-the-Muslim-Brotherhoods-Birthplace.html?_r=1

Here's an excerpt:

"My interpreter in Ismailia was a young Egyptian-American woman who wore American clothing and did not cover her hair. So I asked some conservatives if she would have to cover herself if Islamic parties controlled Egypt.

“This is her decision,” said Dr. Hisham el-Soly, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate for Parliament. “The state will not dictate how people should live.” (One Salafi did suggest that she could use some “guidance,” and two other Salafis fled in terror rather than be interviewed by an infidel and a woman.)"

Only a completely naive fool would not be able to read the significance of the "guidance" comment, or the "fled in terror rather than be interviewed by an infidel and a woman.

One thing that surprised me was that regular comments for this column were disabled. You can comment ONLY on Mr. Kristof's blog, but not on the NY Times pages. Nice touch of out of sight-out of mind by the NY Times. Maybe they are afraid of the backlash of plenty of readers to this article; as was the case with Mr. Kristof's previous "soft sale of Islam" column about the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/opinion/kristof-joining-a-dinner-in-a-muslim-brotherhood-home.html?ref=nicholasdkristof

It drew 153 responses, many of them really angry.

Maybe Mr. Kristof forgot Daniel Pearl, who got butchered by Al Qaeda in Pakistan

Excellent observations, Sagunto.

"We also denounce the increasing use being made of Islam as a tool of political power.”

Does he mean the continual usage of Islam as a political tool? Like the Shii-Sunni divide? The Caliphate? Muhammad's "Constitution of Mecca"? The Muslim Brotherhood? Anybody know what I am talking about?

"I like that idea - Michelle and the girls could model "Islamic" dress and the Prez could play golf. "

Muslim countries have Golf courses?

The Maldives are pretty isolated, so I think that they would make a great place for a filibuster by counter-jihadists to liberate. A private army should be organized for the purpose. I bet some rich Texans or Russians would be interested in contributing money for arms.

No shortage of holes......

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