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To: South Hawthorne

The Maldives is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It is also 100% Muslim. Anyone who goes there is supporting Islam financially. Go to Hawai’i.


14 posted on 12/30/2011 11:08:59 AM PST by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation!)
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To: Dr. Thorne
The Maldives is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It is also 100% Muslim. Anyone who goes there is supporting Islam financially. Go to Hawai’i.

Correct.
from countrystudies.us
With the exception of Shia members of the Indian trading community, Maldivians are Sunni Muslims; adherence to Islam, the state religion since the twelfth century, is required for citizenship. The importance of Islam in Maldives is further evident in the lack of a secular legal system. Instead, the traditional Islamic law code of sharia, known in Dhivehi as sariatu, forms the basic law code of Maldives as interpreted to conform to local Maldivian conditions by the president, the attorney general, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Majlis

17 posted on 12/30/2011 11:31:59 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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