Missionary work cannot be prevented by regulation – Islamic Affairs Minister

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Missionary work in the Maldives cannot be ended by regulation alone, Islamic Minister has said speaking at a Meeting held by Adhaalathu Party to mark the anniversary of the Maldives conversion to Islam.

Speaking at the Meeting, Dr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari also said that today the missionary work is all over internet, telephone network and satellite TV.

“We can block a website, but they will create a new one. So basically, missionary work is not so easy to prevent” he said.

Citing an example, Dr. Bari also said that former government had spent lot of money to block Dhivehi Observer, a tabloid internet website leaning to the then opposition and demonizing then President Maumoon and his government. But he noted that all the money spent were on vain.

Minister said that the alternative is to raise awareness among the locals on Islam and that more efforts are needed to clarify the doubts created on Islam.

Speaking at the same meeting, Mariyam Jaleel, Deputy Leader of Women’s league of the party said that some parties are implying that missionary work in the Maldives is a recent trend, which she also noted is misleading. She also said that the missionary work had been in the Maldives for a many years and that missionaries had created libraries in the ships which had visited the Maldives and had invited Maldivians to attend many missionary activities onboard.

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