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The Islamic Foundation has called on the Government to deport the editor of Minivan News website, Maryam Omidi, for publishing a reader-submitted letter on the website which talked about legalizing homosexuality in Maldives.
Speaking at a news conference held at Dharubaaruge, the Islamic Foundation’s spokesperson Ahmed Shain said that their investigation to discover the reason the letter had been published on the website had revealed some interesting details.
Shain said that their investigation had revealed that Maryam Omidi, a resident of UK and the editor of the Minivan News website, had worked as a journalist for one of the largest European online websites that endorsed equal rights for homosexuals. He further said that she had written and published 37 articles endorsing homosexuality between 22 October, 2007 and 17 January, 2008.
When contacted by Haveeru via email, Maryam said that she had not written any articles on homosexuality while she was in Maldives.
“The Islamic Foundation has taken it upon themselves to initiate a malicious campaign against Minivan News for personal and political reasons,” she said in her email. “Minivan News considers their continued attack to be detrimental to press freedom, especially important in a fledgling democracy. A reader’s letter on homosexuality was published on Minivan News, which we took down as soon as we realized it had caused public offence and to ensure the website operates within the tenets of Islam.”
She further said that she wasn’t the current editor of Minivan News.
Source: Haveeru
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