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, February 6, 2020:
Maldives police have arrested three suspected Islamic extremists over the stabbing of three foreigners in the upmarket tourist destination.
Two Chinese men and an Australian were in a stable condition after being stabbed Tuesday, just two months after security officials warned of the presence of violent radicals inspired by ISIS.
Authorities said they were investigating a video released on social media claiming the attack had been carried out by a local group sympathetic to the terror group.
‘The Maldives police service has arrested three suspects under a court warrant in relation to the stabbing of three foreign nationals,’ police said in a statement….
Maldives parliamentary Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has said that the Maldives was keeping a close watch on any attempt to radicalise its population, which practises a liberal form of Islam and relies heavily on luxury tourism….
On Thursday, Maldives police arrested three men and were probing their suspected links with Islamic State, officials said.
A Maldivian radical group linked to the Islamic State took responsibility for the attack in a video posted online, on Wednesday.
One masked man, speaking in the local language Dhivehi, accused the Maldivian government of being run by infidels and warned of further attacks in the clip.
‘As for what will follow (of attacks), you fail to perceive where and when it will take place’, he said in the video.
He also accused Maldivian politicians of stealing the wives and children of extremists and said the attacks were revenge for this.
Police said they were working to confirm the veracity of the video….
The archipelago in the Indian Ocean derives much of its income from tourism….
The Maldives parliament has given sweeping investigative powers to counter-terrorism agencies, and authorities have stepped up operations against hardline Islamist groups….
The 2008 constitution states that the republic ‘is based on the principles of Islam’ and that ‘no law contrary to any principle of Islam can be applied’.
Non-Muslims are prohibited from becoming citizens and the public practice of a faith other than Islam is forbidden.