Islamic Affairs Ministry seeking legal action against Minivan News website

The Islamic Affairs Ministry has asked the Ministry of Tourism and Arts to take steps against Minivan News website for publishing a comment letter about legalizing homosexuality on its website.


Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed, State Minister for the Islamic Ministry, said that they had sent the letter asking the Tourism Ministry to take steps against the website last Monday. He said that the Ministry condemned the letter on homosexuality that was published in the news website and that the letter should never have been published.


The State Minister said that they had noticed that some foreigners were trying to undermine the country’s stability and that such people should not be allowed to work in Maldives.
“Even foreigners have to respect our religion,” he said. “Otherwise they should not be given the opportunity to stay in the country.”

The letter published on Minivan News website was from an anonymous source and addressed to the editor. The letter said that the biggest reasons homosexuality was not accepted in Maldivian society was because it was a Muslim country and added that there, however, were some countries that had found a way to make it acceptable.
A statement issued by Minivan News said that the letter was a reader contributed comment and in no way reflected the views of the website.


Shaheem said that they were looking to see what legal action they could take against the website.
Source: Haveeru

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