Mother of self-declared Addu apostate launches media appeal seeking scholars’ help
22 Aug 2011, 6:26 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The mother of a 22 year-old girl from Addu City who publicly declared her apostasy has launched an appeal in the local Maldivian media seeking the help of religious scholars to make her daughter repent.
“She’s been a bit odd ever since she was in the seventh grade, but at the time she did not say the things that she says now,” the 49 year-old mother told Minivan News.
“Every time I try to advise her she shouts at me and asks me what I was trying to make her believe, and says that she cannot believe the existence of Allah,” the mother said.
The mother said her daughter was currently being held under house arrest while being investigated for allegedly giving birth to a child out of wedlock.
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