Drinking game idea: take a shot every time I say “really“.
0:00 Introduction
0:43 How Islam arrived in the Maldives
1:35 The Maldives becomes a constitutional monarchy
1:59 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s autocratic rule
3:40 2003 state of emergency declared
4:05 Extremists take over Himandhoo Island
4:23 First terror attack in Male
4:44 Gayoom is ousted and Mohamed Nasheed becomes president
5:07 Abdulla Yameen’s rule
5:36 Islamists target Mohamed Nasheed
5:47 The Maldives in 2024
7:14 The targeting of religious and political dissenters
Music: “Ocean Vibes“ by Waesto
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References
Peer reviewed papers:
- Amir, Hassan. 2011. Islamism and Radicalism in the Maldives.
- Zahir, Azim. 2022. Islam and democracy in the Maldives : interrogating reformist Islam’s role in politics. Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics. Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge.
the Right Islam for the Maldives- Political Transformation and State-Responses to Growing Religious
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