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| Ministers among four arrested for 'black magic' on Maldives president |
| 2024-06-29 |
| [GEO.TV] Two ministers were among four people arrested for allegedly performing "black magic" on Maldives President Dr Mohammed Muizzu, reports cited officials as saying. As per Economic Times, the suspects include Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem, the state minister for Environment, Climate Change and Energy, her ex-husband Adam Rameez, who is also a minister at the President's Office and two others. The climate minister was remanded in jug for a week pending investigations, officers said, without giving details for her arrest in the mysterious matter. "There have been reports that Shamnaz was arrested for performing black magic on President Dr Mohammed Muizzu," said the Sun, a local media outlet. Notably, both Shamnaz and Rameez were known to have worked with Muizzu as members of the Male City Council when he was serving as the city's mayor, The Economic Times reported. Police would neither confirm nor deny the report and have declined to share any information about the reasons for the alleged performance of black magic. Shamnaz holds an important position in a nation which remains on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with UN environment experts warning that rising seas could make Maldives virtually uninhabitable by the end of the century. Sorcery is not a criminal offence under the penal code in the Moslem-majority country, but it does carry a six-month jail sentence under Islamic law. People across the picturesque archipelago widely practice traditional ceremonies, believing they can win favours and curse opponents. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 ^ I suspect with Biden (or AOC) it would starve |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-06-29 12:05 |
| #4 Or he's been swimming at the beach. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-29 11:54 |
| #3 That must be what happened to Biden! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-29 11:25 |
| #2 Sorcery is not a criminal offence under the penal code in the "Since the adoption of the 2008 constitution citizens and anyone wishing to become a citizens are required by law to nominally follow Sunni Islam which would make Maldives a 100% Muslim country in theory." |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2024-06-29 02:31 |
| #1 A very civilized country. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-06-29 01:48 |