Maldives man ‘beheaded in Syria’

The man was executed two weeks ago in Idlib, a press report said.

Maldives jihadi suspect with terror track record freed from custody

The defendant is on trial for leaving the Maldives to join the Syrian war.

Nasheed blasted over IS ‘recruiter’ barb

Mohamed Nasheed said Saudi Arabia supported violent extremism in the Maldives.

Maldivian ‘jihadi training’ video released

The hotline number given on the National Counter-terrorism’s website has been unreachable since last year because it is incorrect.

Fourth Maldivian man ‘on his way to join Syrian civil war’ arrested

A Maldivian man who attempted to cross into Syria to join the civil war there has been arrested and brought back to the Maldives, the police have said.

Maldives holds landmark conference on tourism and terrorism

The Maldives police and British counter-terrorism experts sat down this week with more than a 100 tourism sector security personnel to work out measures to protect visitors from potential acts of terror.

Maldives clerics roll out wide-ranging religious agenda

Policies were set on a myriad of issues including Jihad, tourism, trade, education, media and atheism

Sixth Maldivian killed fighting with Nusra front in Syria

Mohamed Irfan, who took on the name Abu Yushau Maldifi, traveled to Syria nearly six months ago, sources have said. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it was publicized on Facebook today by Bilad Al Sham Media (BASM) group, run by Maldivian jihadists in Syria.

Family of four returns after abandoning plans to travel for ‘jihad’

A family of four who reportedly left the Maldives last week to join the civil war in Syria has returned after their intentions were discovered.

Muted response to death threat against president, vice president

The Maldives government’s response to a YouTube video posted on Monday threatening to kill President Abdulla Yameen and Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and launch terror attacks against the tourism industry has been muted.

Video threats, religious extremism and Maldives tourism

Whether the video message threatening to kill the president and harm tourism is authentic or a hoax, it does a lot of harm for the Maldives’ reputation as a safe and paradise-like honeymoon destination, writes Hawwa Kareem

Family of four leaves Maldives ‘on Jihad’

A family of four has reportedly left the Maldives to Syria last week. The husband and wife, both 28 years old, took their children, a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old, with them.

Police and immigration team up on human-trafficking, Maldivian Jihadists

The police and the Immigration Department are boosting information sharing to tackle chronic problems of human trafficking, the outflow of Maldivians Jihadists and document forgery.

Afrasheem murder suspect’s departure to Syria under investigation

President Abdulla Yameen has ordered the police to launch an investigation into how a suspect in the murder of MP Afrasheem Ali was allowed to leave the Maldives and travel to Syria in early January.

Comment: Special laws must not pre-empt general criminal law

Two attempted suicides reported on Saturday

A woman in Malé stabbed herself in the stomach after her husband left to Syria, local media report. A young man attempted suicide in Muli after a quarrel with his family, police said.

Special laws must not pre-empt general criminal law

Laws like on anti-terror are legitimised under the pretext that “special circumstances require special procedures” but are often an excuse to let the inefficiencies of the state continue at the expense of civil liberties, writes Devyani Srivastava.

New bill sets jail term up to 20 years for ‘Jihad’

The new draft, submitted to the People’s Majlis on Monday, metes out a jail term of 17-20 years for departing the country to join a foreign war. Any individual caught attempting to leave the country with the same intent could be jailed for 10-15 years.

Police conduct random checks on flights bound to Turkey

‘External actors’ supporting radical elements, says foreign minister