Eid Prayer

Jihadi literature distributed after Eid prayer

A group of men with their faces covered reportedly handed out a two-page letter to prayer-goers urging Maldivians to wage jihad. According to the letter, its contents were sourced from Bilad Al Sham, a jihadi media group operated by Maldivians fighting in Syria with the al-Nusra Front.

Police use pepper spray to disperse opposition prayer gathering

Riot police also thwarted on Wednesday morning a prayer gathering by opposition supporters outside the Islamic centre in Malé after the communal Eid al-Fitr prayer.

Thousands attend Eid prayer