“The report by Channel News Asia on Maldives is completely false. The report says that radical views took root in the Maldives through Saudi funded NGOs that came to Maldives after the Tsunami. It said that these NGOs brainwashed the children. This is not true. No organization funded by Saudi Arabia came to Maldives to spread religion after the Tsunami.
We can always see that some people envy the relations between Maldives and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia does not promote radical views. Saudi Arabia has the strongest relations with Maldives among Arab-Islamic countries. This is a historical and a brotherly relationship. As someone who was active in spreading the message of Islam in the Maldives, I worry about the content of this report. Defaming the nation like this is extremely worrying”
This is a translation of a Facebook status by Dr.Shaheem Ali Saeed the former Chancellor of the Islamic University of the Maldives.
It should be noted that, after the Tsunami, some foreigners were caught trying to spread Christianity in the Maldives and they were deported.
