Maldives clears out 'extremist' mosque By Ajay Makan in Male and Peter Foster, South Asia Correspondent Last Updated: 2:30am BST 09/10/2007 The Maldives government has moved to tackle the rising threat of Islamist radicalism as 300 troops surrounded and then cleared an illegal mosque that had been accused of fomenting extremism on the paradise islands. The move came a week after a British honeymoon couple were badly burned in the Maldives's first ever terrorist bomb attack which has threatened to damage the international tourist industry on which the islands' economy depends. A soldier was taken seriously wounded and a policeman...