While it might appear, superficially, like a paradise, it don’t mean the Maldives ain’t hardline.
Shortly after four thousand Hamas commandoes and two thousand hooting Gazan civilians began a day of butchery in Israel in October 7, 2023, calls began in the Maldives for an immediate ban on Israelis in that strictly Sunni Muslim island chain.
Barely had the limbs of the slaughtered stopped twitching before an open letter was posted by the Maldives Bodyboarding Association.
“Maldives Bodyboarding Association and the entire surf community strongly condemn and demand an end to the inhumane and unjust actions carried out by Israel against Palestinians.
“We request that the Maldivian government enforce a ban on the entry of Israelis to the Maldives. We also ask the government to continue any efforts aimed at stopping the inhumane actions of Israel and showing solidarity with the Palestinians. We call on the Maldivian government to assist the Palestinians in any way they can.”
While it might appear, superficially, like a paradise, it don’t mean the Maldives ain’t hardline.
The Maldives bans any public practice of any religion other than Sunni Islam, Shia not cool here, and if you ain’t Sunni Muslim, you can’t be a citizen. Decide to quit being a Sunni Muslim and you face the death penalty for apostasy.
A little aside here: The Sunnis and Shia split in 632 AD after Muhammad’s death over who should lead Islam. Sunnis, most Muslims, say leaders should be picked by the community. They follow the Prophet’s teachings and trust elected successors. Shias, a smaller group, believe leaders must come from Muhammad’s family, starting with his cousin Ali.
Cue 1400 years of tension and war.
When ISIS was still big news, the Maldives gained “prominence as a haven for jihadist recruitment” as locals streamed into Iraq and Syria to join the big boys of the Jihadist game.
(Read, Losing a Paradise to Terrorism.)
Eighteen months after October 7, the government has finally passed a law banning Israeli passport holders from entering the country.
President Mohamed Muizzu’s office said the decision underscores the government’s strong stance against what it describes as the ongoing violence and genocide perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians.
A spokesperson for the president told AFP that the ban is effective immediately.
The law specifies that entry to the Maldives with an Israeli passport is prohibited until “Israel’s inhumane actions against Palestinians, ongoing since October 7, 2023, cease.”
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Yep. Agree with consensus here. Spent 2 months in Sri Lanka and Maldives in 2003. Saw many same peeps. Across and up and down both island nations.Couple fellow West Coast North Americans, couple Kiwis,couple Aussie blokes,some Euros ( mostly cool)but learned that French , good surfers,hottest hairy girlfriends, UK ,Dutch, Dutch ex pats, very cool. Mostly cool locals, only few in water. 3 largest groups were Japanese mostly ripping (no girlfriends), Brazos, pretty cool . Whether they did or not seemed like more Israelis by double at least. Only became annoying at Aragum Bay when small to medium. Those glassy sessions were unessaryly tainted by nationalism in a political dmz. But they were cool drinking Lion beers and arak,hotknifing hash . As long as you’re girl didn’t mess with Zohan. But everyone is a cunt from time to time. For what it’s worth Hamas started it. But gotten way out of hand . Now that Israel has run up the mostly innocent death count 50,000 civilians to 900. As United States citizens it is up to us to at least stop enabling Netton Yahoo and take away the keys to the American War chest. Sorry for rant . Preheating for 420 this evening I guess.
Seems reasonable. Stop genociding and you can come back. The fact that Israeli’s were welcome in the first place kind of makes this whole article’s obvious spin moot.
It’s how you herd the sheep
That’s good practice anywhere you go!
Yes.
Then the Aussies who discovered Indo, and think they own it, can finally have it to themselves. They are very educated, these aussies… if only they could get rid of the Russians…
Yep lots of Aussies are fuckheads over there. But get rid of the Russians? It’s never going to happen. They’re embedded there with govt sanction.
The Aussies who discovered Indo are all fucking old mate. In fact the guy who discovered Nias also introduced surfing to your country. Poor guy passed away about 10 years ago.
is there a Hamas office in Australia?
You should open one.
Or join them in the ‘action’.
nazisraelis love foreskin chewing…go help the rats
the Islamic world showing it’s true face.
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world.
Don’t forget Sari Club.
For them, true life only exists after death. So they spend their whole life waiting to be ‘judged’ when they die, so they can go to a better place.
Killing Jews, they believe, will make the way in easier in ‘paradise’, according to their religion.
Also, they believe women should live a different live than men.
And Israel should be destroyed by all means.
The most incredible thing, whoever, is the number of young and ‘educated’ people from the ‘free- world’ who support these terrorists.
It is utter rubbish, isn’t it?
All the leftist students screaming for “Free Palestine” would be free to protest in Israel, but imprisoned or killed in a society like Hamas-ruled Gaza.
“Palestinians” are simply random ethnic Arabs, who migrated north from Arabia over centuries – they have no ancestral claim to the land of Israel, which has had continuous presence of Jewish people for more than 4 000 years.
very very sad….
The Jews of the Bible are not the same as the Jews of Israel today. In fact the Jews of millennia ago have more in common genetically with Palestinians than the European Israeli.
Funny how Jews means “Hebrews” when it’s convenient, but other times it’s anyone whose relatives converted in the Middle Ages in Europe.
Imagine how stupid the argument would be if you swapped the word “Jew” for “Christian”, people would say “why the fuck are you using someone’s religion to define their race, it doesn’t work that way.”
lol and the “Jews” are just random ethnic Europeans who converted in the Middle Ages with no ancestral claim to the holy land either.
Ummmmm – no.
A terribly ignorant statement.
Were you homeschooled by Jew-haters?
Jewish people have had a continuous presence in the land of Israel for more than 4000 years.
Learn some history before posting your rubbish, thanks!
If we took your logic you’d be kicking out the ashkenazi jews along with the Arabs.
Actually I didn’t recognize what you referring too….and don’t call me Shirley.
Never been there m’self, and the religious crap of the place seems fucked.
BUT
Back in the olden days Indonesia was great when they didn’t let Israelis and South Africans into the country, and Russians etc weren’t allowed out of their own countries.
Fuck it was good, heaven on earth.
So maybe it’ll be a good thing, not that I can afford to go there…
After a night with a Russian hooker in Bali, you’d be praying on the steps of the Russian embassy for a visa.
lol and then you actually get to Russia and realise it’s a shithole full of miserable people.
Cue western saviour to the prettiest miserable ones. Probably only last 3 years but that first 18 months would be a wild ride!
Russia has a bunch of problems that stem way back to WWII (well, probably before then but that’s another story). All the men came back traumatized and became raging alcoholics and wife beaters (20 million fatalities will do that). That caused an entire generation of women who absolutely despise Russian men, and that rubbed off on the children.
There is no love in Russia as we know it.
This is why we see all those stories of women pressuring the men to go fight in Ukraine, because they don’t give a shit if the husband dies, but they do give a shit about the bonus the government pays.
Yes, Russian women may be tall and blonde and hot, but they are cold, cruel and emotionless. Don’t even bother dating one. Better to do as you said earlier, just try a Russian hooker for novelty value and get the fuck out of there.
Marrying a Russian is not advised unless you want to get divorced, and moving to Russia is absolutely not recommended.
Golden truth!!
The world must never forget Israel’s murder of innocents. And the US’s complicity.
The world should forget you.
And never forget what South Africa used to do with the natives.
I totally agree that apartheid in South Africa must never be forgotten. Oh and hahahah, nice try forgetting me earlier.
Nice to see a country willing to throw wokeness out the window in support of doing the right thing , it would be unreal if more countries followed their example.
Sits out the back talking wayyyy too loud on wayyy too much foam, fingering his bumhole.
Xox
yeah, because no one in Hawaii is agro.
Or Australians… in Indo…
in the words of the prophetic C. Bottom.
“You go girl.”
“Acceptance of difference, not anger at our own rigid mindsets, should become more of a societal norm.”
Yeah… I do wish a bunch of religions would leave the Bronze Age and grow the fuck up.
This includes many evangelical Christians.
Read Romans 1.
basically, a description of current events…..including the lovely and manly Sasha
The Romans killed Jay Z C, crucified under the authority of Pontius Pilate, governor etc.
And what have the Romans done for us lately?
Speaking of being oblivious to profound loathing..
Your country fucked up making you.
He is Australian! Go figure…
hamas terrorists can surf there though.
Probs foilers.
imagine no Australian surfers in the water……more powerful, because more aussies!
But those waves are ours. It’s our entitlement!
Wise!
I went to the Maldives nearly 20 years ago as a shy little boy from a small coastal town. After a few surfs copping the worst kind of hassling that Allah has ever seen, and a few nights of shocking behaviour around the pool table, I announced to the surf guide that I was going to “Punch one of those Brazilian cunts in the head”
The resident surf guide informed me that they were Israelis, and that any physical confrontation will end with me in a bloody mess as this crew had just got out of military service.
Putting any religious differences aside, I don’t think that there will be much sleep lost if there is a few less Israel’s paddling like madmen out at Cokes
You are right. They have no clue. BUT I’ve also surfed with hundreds of idiots from Australia, Brazil and USA. They are not ‘banned’. Be carefully who you defend. One day your country can be on that list…
It is undeniable that there are fuckwits from other countries. Upon reflection, what i have found interesting about my scenario in the Maldives was that every single Israeli in the water was a fuckwit, when there are groups of Aussies, Brazos and Americans there are always a few good eggs amongst them and the fuckwits are generally in the minority.
Agreed – biggest cunts
Same in Sri Lanka. Couldn’t believe the wankers travelling in packs and being absolute twerps.
Their only redeeming feature was being able to fuck with their fragile egos and ‘performance’ paddling them out of position. Use to organise with a few other blokes in the water to take turns paddling further out than the break and sitting there so they would sit inside. Where no waves were breaking. Swap every 10 to 15 minutes. Not once in a month did they work it out…
This story was told to me by a couple of blokes staying at the place we were at. They told me about it immediately after seeing the fraca on the beach as they walked back after a surf. They were ghost white in shock.
Started with an Israeli getting shitty with a local kid who dropped in on him at Arugam Bay. A few words flew from the victim and the kid went in and told his friends. Pretty quickly a posse was formed and waiting on the Israeli crew to finish their session.
The kid went out and apologised to the guy he dropped in on, giving the bloke a chance to say ‘it’s no big deal, blah, blah, blah’. Dickhead doubles down with some more abuse. The locals come react accordingly and pretty soon there is a scene of 4 Israelis being absolutely pummelled by 30 odd locals.
A couple of local soldiers, fresh from manning the checkpoint into town, turn up. Figure it’s a bad scene and fire a machine gun into the air. The Israelis immediately stop fighting. The locals figuring that the soldiers are on their side, stop momentarily, and then go back to beating the shit out of them.
Eventually the local cops arrived and escorted the Israelis to the police station. The cops told them it probably wasn’t safe for them to go home unattended, so the cops asked where they were staying and escorted them back to make sure they were safe.
Not exactly sure about what happened but the cops apparently found an amount of weed in the room. They were bundled out of town in a police van shortly thereafter. Whether they were escorted out for their own safety or if actually charged with a crime, either way there were fewer hassles with Israelis for the next week or so…
A Fuckwit is a fuckwit no matter the country!!!
But hear ya
Here in Hawaii the Israeli’s have set up
shop at all shopping centers with their fake “Dead Sea” minerals products hawking them at ridiculous prices and using predatory tactics. Tons and tons of testimonials from shop owners and patrons in Maui and Oahu. Makes you wonder what Derek sees in these guys!
I love it when they come up and say “oh can I talk to you for a sec” and try to sell you that shit. I just say “Oh, are you an Israeli?” and they get all confused because they don’t know whether you are giving them praise or shit.
I was there just after the in-official ban took place. It was heaven.