Christians Need To Boycott The Maldives As A Holiday Destination.

Nov 01 2011

'Police in the Maldives deported a foreign teacher for having a Bible in his house – confirming fears that repressive new religious laws are being enforced in the island nation.
Shijo Kokkattu, a teacher from India, was detained for about a fortnight, charged with preaching Christianity then sent back to his homeland last month – after a police raid on his house in Raa Atoll.

There had been hopes that religious restrictions introduced under former dictator Maumoon Gayoom would not be enforced under President Mohamed Nasheed, who came to power in 2008 and who is widely considered to be a progressive Muslim.

But new regulations under the Protection of Religious Unity Act 1994 were published in the Government's gazette last month and thereby brought into force, according to the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission.' Release International.

Boycott needed.