Letter on extremists

Dear Editor,
It is depressing and worrying to read that what some people are most concerned about is the fact that the president spoke out about the growing radicalisation of the country and recruitment by the Taliban. Not the fact that this radicalisation is happening and Talibanisation is on the rise.
Burying our heads in the sand is going to concede even more ground to those who wish to turn the Maldives into a society of intolerance and extreme religious beliefs. While some in the religious community attack others for being too ‘liberal’ and ‘brainwashed’ by a ‘Western education’, they tend to forget that the brand of Islam they preach is no more indigenous to the Maldives than is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and certainly less indigenous than the Maldivian attitude of tolerance, acceptance of the other and equality for women.
I would like to thank the president, and recently the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives, for having the courage to speak out against the growing radicalistion of Maldivian Society. If we do not speak now and act now, we will lose this tolerant and moderate scoeity to one that is intolerant and one that most of us want nothing to do with.
Regards,
Anonymous

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