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Maldives pres seeks parliament view on extremism policy
President Yameen pictured at the airport prior to departure to Singapore recently. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Wednesday submitted a policy paper on Terrorism and...
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Jihadists threat intensifies as more Maldivians head to Syria
A Maldivian killed while fighting in Syria in 2014. Another Maldivian group has headed to war torn Syria to join the jihadists, Mihaaru understands. Mihaaru has found that three people in the group are...
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Maldives launches research in bid to curb extremism, jihadists
A Maldivian killed in 2014 while fighting in Syria. Maldives on Tuesday kick-started a research into rising extremism leading to increasing number of jihadists from the archipelago. Defence ministry in...
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Identify, tackle, de-radicalize: Maldives’ terrorism policy
Some Maldivian Jihadists pictured in Syria. Maldives government on Thursday publicized the national policy to curb rising violent extremism ideology in the archipelago. The first policy of this nature...
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Maldives again downplays jihadist threat, places number at 49
Defence Minister Adam Shareef (C) pictured during the press conference held by the national counter terrorism centre on Thursday. MIHAARU PHOTO/NISHAN ALI Maldives government on Thursday again...
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Maldives minister warns politically motivated “act of terror” threat
Defence minister Adam Shareef (L) pictured during the press conference held by the counter terrorism centre on Wednesday. MIHAARU PHOTO/NISHAN ALI A politically motivated act of terror is more likely...
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Maldives minister says jihadi recruiters identified
Defence minister Adam Shareef (L) pictured during the press conference held by the counter terrorism centre on last week. MIHAARU PHOTO/NISHAN ALI The government has been able to identify some of the...
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US left fuming as Maldives splits border control system
An immigration officer pictured at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA). PHOTO/IMMIGRATION The US government has been left fuming after the Maldives curbed the functions of the US granted...
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Police arrest top Maldivian “terrorist”
Some Maldivian jihadists pictured in Syria. A local who had been fighting abroad for a terrorist group has been arrested upon his return to the Maldives, Mihaaru has found. It is believed that the man...
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Maldives police’s contradictory jihadist number of 180 suggests govt cover up
Some Maldivian Jihadists pictured in Syria. Mihaaru has found a massive contradiction in the government’s official number of Maldivians joining foreign conflicts with police placing its official figure...
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Parliament committee signs off on terrorism policy
Some Maldivian Jihadists pictured in Syria. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA The parliamentary committee on Tuesday signed off on the national policy to curb rising violent extremism ideology in the archipelago. The...
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Another Maldivian jihadist killed in Syria
Some Maldivian jihadists pictured in Syria. Another Maldivian jihadist has reportedly been killed in the ongoing civil war in Syria. Mihaaru understands that the 25 year old man was killed during...
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Maldives parliament passes anti-terrorism policy
Some Maldivian Jihadists pictured in Syria. Parliament on Monday the national policy to curb rising violent extremism ideology in the archipelago. The The first policy of this nature was forwarded by...
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Maldives stops three from leaving for Jihad
Defence minister Adam Shareef (C) speaking during the press conference by the national counter terrorism centre on Thursday. MIHAARU PHOTO/NISHAN ALI Three more locals have been stopped from leaving...
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Tourism, Investment and Security in the Maldives
Tourists warmly welcomed with souvenirs on the occasion of World Tourism Day at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU by Jameel Usman “Best Islands in the World”, as voted by...
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Indian University to conduct counter terrorism awareness in Maldives
Maldives defence ministry and India’s Lovely International Trust signing an MOU to conduct counter terrorism awareness in the Maldives. MIHAARU PHOTO/HUSSAIN SHAYAH Maldives defence ministry on...
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Islamist militants kill 58 in Pakistan police attack
Pakistani army soldiers arrive at the Balochistan Police Training College in Quetta on October 24, 2016, after militants attacked the police academy. PHOTO/AFP Heavily-armed Islamist militants wearing...
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Four killed as Bangladesh police storm Islamist hideout
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) team prepare to storm a hideout of suspected islamist extremists at Chittagong on March 15, 2017.Suspected Islamist extremists threw grenades and opened fire at...
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Blasts kill six as Bangladesh commandos storm Islamist hideout
Bangladeshi army commandos stand next to an armoured vehicle during an operation to storm an Islamist extremist hideout on March 25, 2017 in Bangladesh’s northeastern city of Sylhet.Two “powerful”...
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Trump urges Muslim leaders to confront extremism
US President Donald Trump (C) and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (3-R), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (3-L), Jordan’s King Abdullah II (2-R), Egyptian...
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