Man arrested for selling crosses
26 May 2015, 3:29 PM
Hassan Mohamed
The police have arrested a vendor for selling Christian crosses at a street market in Malé.
In a statement on Monday night, the police said the 32-year-old man had been arrested under the 1994 Religious Unity Act for selling symbols of a religion other than Islam.
The police confiscated 25 small crosses from the stall. The crosses were pendants on necklaces.
The police said officers searched other stalls at the market for crosses.
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