Rehendhi A Minivan News Plot To Promote “National Sissyness” and “Lesbian Relations”

By Adhaalath Party Member | May 31st, 2010 English translation of a statement published on the website of the religiously conservative Adhaalath Party. Signs of actions are now being seen from Minivan News that it has started a special campaign against the (Religious Lesson) ‘The Call 2010′, which [Islamic NGO] Jamiyyathul Salaf is preparing to host this month. We have been informed that Minivan News, which even from its onset has been involved in openly protesting against such religious activities and trying to instill doubt in ordinary people, is a website led by President Nasheed’s (younger) brother Nazim Abdul Sattar. Even before, on various different occasions, the (Minivan News) website has been openly insulting Islamic slogans, and many people who love Islam have...

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Thoughts on absolutism – the virus of Maldivian minds

by Hilath | May 28th, 2010 | via Hilath.com NOTE: After reading this article, a friend just now commented whether I was not ashamed to “discuss personal stuff on public space.” I told him I don’t have any personal stuff to hide… that this is all public stuff… I told him that I haven’t written here of any NEW personal problem that does not affect most children who were born in the late 1970s in Male’. It is time to find out exactly how much Islamic Ministry is spending in State funds on sponsoring hate speech. It is time the Maldives’ mainstream media ask the Islamic Ministry why it is spending possibly millions of Maldivian Rufiyaa to fund...

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Thoughts on Adhaalath

by boadhaabas | Monday, May 24, 2010 | via Boadhaabas Prior to the 'dawn of the new democracy' we always blamed Gayoom and his regime for politicizing Religion. For using Islam as a 'weapon' to enslave people and to consolidate their 'absolute and divine' power to rule over us minions. We loathed the regime for that and used it as a powerful campaign against him in the elections - and it worked! Sadly we now see a situation where one of the minor partners in the Nasheed government (one who does not even command a single parliament seat) - the Adhalat party with their control over the Islamic Ministry trying to do exactly the same. Textbook...

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Dark Truths; The Sex Gods!

via ThaduThe roads paved, buildings erected, harbors completed, we see a beautiful Male’. The islands, though, a bit behind compared to Male’, are developing and life styles changing towards a modern direction. Transportation systems established, communication systems fantastic, we are living a generally cool life. And several of us rarely think about who we are. The Maldives that we see today: only a few think about its past. The cultures that we practice, the dances that we call Maldivian: only a few think about the origins of these cultures and practices. We are a country who is in the debate of gender equity, human rights, atheism, liberation,...

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International Day Against Homophobia

| May 17, 2010 | via Hilath.com Punitive and Discriminatory Laws limit access to HIV prevention and care services for men having sex with men in Asia Pacific Hong Kong, May 17, 2010 – More than 90 percent of men having sex with men in the Asia Pacific region do not have access to HIV prevention and care services. HIV prevalence has reached alarming levels among men who have sex with men and transgender populations in many countries of Asia and the Pacific. If countries fail to address the legal context of the epidemic, this already critical situation is likely to become worse. The implementation of effective, human rights-based national HIV responses requires governments to consider the effect of laws and law enforcement practices on the health of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender...

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Maldives MSM profile 2010

HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men and transgender populations in Maldives: the current situation and national response MALDIVES (Revised April 2010 GR) 1. The Context 1. 1. Overview of the HIV epidemic The first case of HIV in the Maldives was reported in 1991. The latest data show 14 Maldivians have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and of these 10 have died. 1 In addition, 243 expatriates working in the Maldives were diagnosed with HIV, but most likely they acquired HIV elsewhere. HIV prevalence among resort workers was found to be 0.2% in 2008. 2 All infections were reportedly acquired through heterosexual transmission....

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