Comment: Salaf or democracy
15 Jun 2011, 9:38 AM
Ali Ahsan
The appeal of [Islamic NGO] Jamiyatul Salaf on June 12 is interesting for many reasons.
It is the first public statement by an influential organisation in the Maldives condemning democracy and political pluralism as ladini/un-Islamic and fasada/corrupt systems.
To be sure, an Islamist counter-discourse to democratisation is not new in the Maldives. It has its roots in the 2000’s.
Not one, too many
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