Wow, it was very idyllic when I was there in in the late 70's or early 80's. I almost got arrested for peeing in the bushes but they let me go.
.................."?MALE — At the Maldives' National Museum, smashed Buddhist statues are testament to the rise of Islamic extremism and Taliban-style intolerance in a country famous as a laid-back holiday destination.
Well, kiss that goodbye. Or don't: you might get flogged.
On Tuesday, as protesters backed by mutinous police toppled president Mohamed Nasheed, a handful of men stormed the Chinese-built museum and destroyed its display of priceless artefacts from the nation's pre-Islamic era.
"They have effectively erased all evidence of our Buddhist past," a senior museum official told AFP at the now shuttered building in the capital Male, asking not to be named out of fear for his own safety."...............
Extremists acting out while they can? I don't know the current demographics of the Maldives well enough to comment if the recent toppling of their government will result in a new Islamic state. I would like to think that there is enough Western investment in the islands to bring back some stability but I guess only time will tell.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
I know the Catholics destroyed a lot of pagan idols when they invaded the New World, but you think Islam would be a little more tolerant in the 21st centruy.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
FredHayek wrote: I know the Catholics destroyed a lot of pagan idols when they invaded the New World, but you think Islam would be a little more tolerant in the 21st centruy.
Seems like someone should have learned a lesson or two somewhere in those intervening years.
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