A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Defence Minister Adam Shareef (R) and Chief of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Major General Ahmed Shiyam (L) at the meeting held to mark Victory Day on November 3, 2017. MIHAARU PHOTO / NISHAN ALI President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom established strong, effective policies and has achieved great feats in countering terrorism and violent […]
Teachers in the Maldives must be educated on how to monitor students for extremist ideologies, according to the first strategy document from the National Counter Terror Centre. US-based security and risk management consultancy the Soufan Group says around 200 to 250 Maldivians are known to be fighting in Syria and Iraq, making the island nation […]
Hearings in the trial of six suspects accused of murdering liberal blogger Yameen Rasheed continue to be closed at the request of the Prosecutor General’s office. PG office spokesman Ahmed Thaufeeg, who previously assured that public hearings will be held in the future, told the Maldives Independent that a hearing on Sunday afternoon was closed because […]
Some Maldivian Jihadists pictured in Syria The Criminal Court on Sunday freed three Maldivian men who were caught at the Turkish border while en route to join the Syrian civil war. The state had charged Ahmed Latheef from Maamendhoo in Laamu atoll, Ahmed Suhail Moosa from Gahdhoo in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll and Munawar Abdullah from […]
Two Maldivians en route to join the fighting in Syria have been arrested in Turkey and brought back to the country, according to the police. Both suspects have been remanded for 15 days, the police said, declining to disclose any further details. Two Maldivians were arrested in Turkey and brought back to Maldives while en […]
Two Maldivian men are among 19 suspected terrorists with links to the Islamic State arrested by the Malaysian police in major raids last month. The two Maldivians were arrested in Johor Bahu along with a Malaysian on August 7 and 9, Malaysian media reported Tuesday. “The two Maldives men, who worked as air-conditioner technicians, were […]
A file photo shows former foreign minister Dhunya Maumoon at a press conference. MIHAARU PHOTO Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dunya Maumoon on Wednesday called on the government to be extra vigilant in their fight against terrorism. The message came after reports of two Maldivians being apprehended in a major anti-terrorism operation that took place […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 12th August 2017. The following is a loose translation: – Growing number of young delinquents falling prey to extremist religious ideology – Some sheiks behind Islamic radicalization – The extremist’s atrocities reached to serious levels With claims of heresy against Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah, are there […]