Islamic terror hits Maldives
Male: While vacationing tycoons and bikini-clad Hollywood superstars blissfully sipped drinks on the Maldives` secluded white beaches, an Islamic revolution fuelled by preachers trained in Pakistan and the Middle East was brewing.
On September 29, the two faces of the Maldives collided when a homemade bomb exploded in a park in the capital, Male, wounding 12 tourists, threatening the critical resort industry and sending the clear message that even this remote corner of paradise is not immune to terrorism.
The attack, and a bloody confrontation days later between police and masked Islamic extremists armed with harpoons, stunned this Indian Ocean nation and threatened its careful effort to balance its traditionally moderate Islamic heritage with liberal Western values.
Text and Images:AP
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