Maldives News News Maldives » Religion: Human rights group shut down in Maldives for ‘insulting’ religion
News channel or source: https://ifex.org/human-rights-group-shut-down-in-maldives-for-insulting-religion/
Published on: Monday 14 October 2019
A temporary shut down order was issued by the Maldives government against the Maldivian Democracy Network for a 2015 report that allegedly 'insulted' religion. This statement was originally published ...
News Maldives » Religion: How Buddhist Maldives became an Islamic sultanate exactly 900 years ago
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/how-buddhist-maldives-became-an-islamic-sultanate-exactly-900-years-ago/ar-AA2cdJ68
Published on: Monday 14 September 2026
In 1879, the British steamship Sea Gull struck a reef in the Indian Ocean, near the present-day Maldives. Years later, the wreck of the steamer brought colonial official Harry Charles Purvis Bell to ...