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Adhaalath Party's affiliation. The Islamic Ministry and major executive portfolio is represented by the Adaalath Party. In the Maldives, general clothing guidelines are observed
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Nasheed freed two prime accused in the 2007 Sultan Park bombings in Male in August 2010. We are planning to send Mohamed Sobah and Ahmed Naseer back to jail. We feel they are dangerous to our society and we are not willing to risk internal security, said Ahmed Muneer, deputy
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On the inhabited islands, the mosque forms the central place where Islam is practiced. Because Friday is the most important day for
Muslims to attend the mosque, shops and offices in towns and villages close around 11 a.m., and the sermon begins by 12:35 p.m.
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Battuta's Moroccan theory of this figure, citation 8 of this text mentions, that other accounts identify Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari as East African or Persian. But as fellow Maghribi, Ibn Battuta likely felt partial to the Moroccan
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Proselytizing by non-Muslims in
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languages used in the nearby Muslim states. Another link to
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2497:"Vandalism at Maldives Museum Stirs Fears of Extremism"
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2269:Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Part 12: V. 12
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2050:Ryavec, Karl E. (1995). "Maldives: Religion". In
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1985:"The Appropriation of Islam in the Maldives"
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1938:The Maldivian religious party named the
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2060:(3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.:
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2495:Bajaj, Vikas (13 February 2012).
2405:Jason Burke (February 26, 2015).
2281:Kamala Visweswaran (6 May 2011).
2258:, (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 13.
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1956:Freedom of religion in Maldives
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2366:"The Constitution of Maldives"
2256:Culture and Customs of Somalia
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1450:might have been a resident of
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2311:Islam Outside the Arab World
2195:. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
2143:Honchell, Stephanie (2018),
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1291:, Malé, Maldives, placed by
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1983:Wille, Boris (2022-11-22),
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3028:1968 republic referendum
3023:1953 monarchy referendum
3018:1952 republic referendum
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2338:Constitutional Theocracy
2241:F. R. C. Bagley et al.,
1293:Sultan Ibrahim Iskandhar
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105:Central African Republic
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1430:Abd Aziz Al Mogadishawi
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2445:"A Male-volent link"
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