Perceived atheists and homosexuals targetted as campaign of attacks continues
10 Jun 2014, 9:16 PM
Daniel Bosley
Government employee, Adam Ghafoor*, was attacked on Sunday in a Malé cafe by a group of eight men accusing him and his friends of homosexuality and atheism.
‘You homosexual atheists are destroying our country – we will not stand back and watch you do it,’ Adam reported the group as saying.
After being accused of being atheists, Adam asked the men to leave, prompting his interrogators to launch an attack – raining blows on him as onlookers watched without offering assistance.
Details of this attack follow further reports received by Minivan News today of abductions made by a vigilante mob attempting to identify online activists advocating secularism or professing atheism.
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