Comment: Silence is not always golden
19 Dec 2009, 9:45 AM
Munirah Moosa
Silence is not always golden, and never so under compulsion.
The Maldives is travelling on a road not just less travelled but abandoned by most other nations – the road of regression.
Reading the headlines of a Maldivian newspaper is like travelling back in time. Female genital mutilation (FGM), concubines, under-age brides, calls to bring back capital punishment, deportation of ‘suspect’ foreigners, increasing acceptance of man’s alleged superiority over women… concerned about this state of affairs?
The key, apparently, is to say nothing, because whatever you say is certain to be used against you as evidence of your apostasy.
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