Maldives: Freedom of Religion Book 'Violates Islamic Principles'


	Maldives: Freedom of Religion Book 'Violates Islamic Principles'

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6-22-2008 5:33 PM

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It is the first time the Council has banned a specific title since a short-lived bar on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2005, which was retracted a week later.</DIV>
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The ban was requested by the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP), which has now called for Saeed to stand down as a presidential candidate – but denies its action was politically motivated.</DIV>
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As well as “violating Islamic principles”, the book contains “phrases that may mislead the public”, according to the council.  But it has not specified which parts of the book are at fault.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F285C882-42E5-4426-83D9-FE75A8349705/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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