Adhaalath slams Haveeru for publishing alcohol ad
24 May 2010, 1:19 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Adhaalath Party has attacked daily newspaper Haveeru for publishing an apparent advertisement for alcohol in its May 19 edition, calling on “concerned authorities” to investigate the matter.
The party claimed this act of Haveeru news violated article 27 of the Constitution, guaranteeing freedom of expression “subject to the tenets of Islam.”
” The ad consists of a label of a certain brand of whiskey and had no name or contact number associated with it,” the Adhaalath Party said on its English-language website.
The party claimed it was “surprised and shocked” that as the Maldives is a 100 percent Muslim nation, such an act should not happen “since all the ads published in the local newspapers are screened for conformity with the laws and regulations of the country.”
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